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32. Nine questions need answers from Pope Shenouda
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Midhat Bishāy directs nine questions towards the pope, concerning religious matters and the need for the church to re-assume some of its neglected responsibilities.
33. Copts reject quota in parliament
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
The head of the Coptic church has made public statements about the political representation quota system, which Copts have rejected, fearing an increase in sectarian tensions and arguing that the quota system runs counter to the principle of citizenship.
5. Thoughts on citizenship
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2004
The historian Ibn Iyas described Egypt at Epiphany "thousand lights on shores, no market, alley or shop was closed at that night,” that is how Egyptian Muslims and Christians celebrated it along with many other Christian holidays. - See art. 7: The Muslim Brotherhood's participation in political...
22. The Copts of Egypt: Civilization and Patriotism
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The article gives an overview of the patriotic role Copts played throughout the history of Egypt. It also speaks about Christianity in Egypt and how it stood against atheist movements and laid the foundations of true Christianity for the Christian world.
23. Copts and foreign intervention
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
Foreigners have always tried to intervene in the affairs of Copts, but Copts were the first to refuse this interference. Since the era of Isma’il, we find that the ruler and the government dealt with all Egyptians alike. Copts entered the Shura Council then elected. Egypt became united, citizenship...
13. Long Live the Crescent with the Cross
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The author briefly outlines the nationalist cooperation and generally peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in Egypt over the last century. Yet in view of certain repeated accusations of Coptic Christians he asks the questions: Is there a deterioration in the principle of citizenship that...
24. In the "National Role of the Egyptian Church Throughout the Ages Symposium: 1400 Years of Solidarity Between Muslims and the Copts"
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 1999
Throughout Islam’s 1400 years in Egypt, the nation has witnessed the cohesiveness of its national fabric and solidarity between Muslims and Christians.
31. Songs of praise: Ragheb Moftah
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 1999 to Wednesday, January 13, 1999
It has been a century since his birth, and he has devoted the better part of these 100 years to a scrupulous, monumental task; the publication, for the first time in history, of the musical notation, accompanied by verbal transcription, of the Liturgy of St Basil.

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