Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The following review presents three letters written by Dr. George Habīb
Bibāwī to his friend Kamāl Zākhir, who is facing the Orthodox church’s wrath at the
present time. Bibāwī is a former Orthodox Copt who was excommunicated by Pope Shenouda before joining
the Protestant church in the United...
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The author, in this series of articles,
criticizes Bishop Bīshūy, the secretary of the Holy Synod, and refutes the top clergyman’s claims
about him, demanding that a trial for himself and Bīshūy be conducted instead of leaving "this
authoritarian way of thinking" to consolidate its position...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bishop Bīshūy aims to excommunicate Coptic intellectual Kamāl
Zākhir, accusing him of being against the church. Bishop Bīshūy calls on Copts to boycott the
expected conference about the laymen’s view of the church’s problems.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The author of the article
criticizes a proposed conference on reform, accusing it of deviating from its original purpose of proposing
practical solutions for church reform to settling old scores with the so-called "promoters of wrong ideas" within
the church.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The author asserts that
Bishop Bīshūy has been working effectively to try and remove Kamāl Zākhir
Mūsá, writer and thinker, from the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
This article analyzes an article that was published in the Karāza Magazine and asserts that people must be tried before being charged.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The dioceses of the Coptic Orthodox Church have experienced an unprecedented state of rebellion. Many statements have been issued from different groups on the moral and financial improprieties committed by some bishops, who are supposed to be the spiritual symbols of the church.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The author castigates Bishop Bīshūy for adopting dictatorial practises and neglecting the role of laymen in the church.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Coptic writer Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá
comments on the affirmation of the conviction conference that was held in Fayyūm a few days ago,
saying
that it aimed at judging the reformists who call for developing the church.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Father Mattá al- Miskīn is attacked by many conservative figures of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The text highlights some of the father’s liberal ideology concerning traditions of the Church.