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54. Copts of Egypt and political isolation
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Rumors spread about the Coptic Orthodox Church’s intention to form a committee comprised of some members from the Holy Synod. The committee is supposed to urge Copts, especially the youth, to be more involved in political life and prepare them to lead a political role in the country. The church...
50. Today… Coptic laymen submit the notification of ‘Right to Citizenship’ society with the participation of Islamic figures
Date of source: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Coptic laymen’s group is scheduled to submit the notification documents for a new society entitled, ‘Right to Citizenship.’
35. ‘Imarah, the lost sectarian
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
Prominent Coptic intellectual Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá criticized Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārāh, an Islamic thinker, for attacking Pope Shenouda III on a television program. Zākhir believes that ‘Imārah and his likes pose a great threat to national unity and social development.
37. Issues from the annual meeting of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2007
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church held its annual meeting. Contrary to all expectations, the Holy Synod did not decide on any punishment in the trial against clergymen who had made allegations against Bishop Bīshūy and the Holy Synod. Rumors have spread about the church’s boycott of...
32. A scoop…we have an organizational map containing names and phone numbers prepared by the Church of Shubra al-Khimah to distribute Christian supervisors of the electoral commissions in order to control Coptic votes
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2007
Ṣawt al-Ummah has obtained serious documents which confirm that the Coptic Orthodox Church is exploiting every election to participate in political life, which raises doubts about the church’s true intentions.
31. Let’s listen to the pope
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá quotes some of Pope Shenouda’s comments on the idea of truth, and reviews a number of articles that the pope has written over the years.
41. The laymen’s conference between the press allegations and reality
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference was sequenced by a great uproar mainly caused by inaccurate media reporting. The laymen held what they called “a clarifying press conference” in which they tried to clarify the debatable issues reported by the press.
24. The second laymen’s convention; The road paved with good intentions
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2007
The article discusses the second laymen’s conference, the topics discussed, and the problems surrounding the conference itself.
3. The Administrative Court: Moving from one religion to another abuses Islam
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court has rejected requests of 45 Christians who temporarily converted to Islam and asked to return to Christianity. The court considered this a manipulation of both religions, differentiating between their cases and the religious freedom that is provided by the law and...
2. The Copt who has embraced Islam and re-converted to Christianity is murtadd, the Judiciary Administrative Court says
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Judiciary Administrative Court has ruled that Christians who converted to Islam are not allowed to re-convert to Christianity. The court refuses to allow 45 Christians to change the entry of religion on their identity cards and other official documentary into Christianity, but to leave Islam as...

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