Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Angry reactions continue to be heard in intellectual circles regarding press freedom. The developments in the crisis of the 80-lash Fatwá issued by the grand imām of the Azhar, calls to abolish imprisonment in publishing-related cases, and the future of press in Egypt are the main subjects...
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
The author responds to an interview with Bishop Marqus, the spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church, released by al-Fajr newspaper about the relationship between the church and laymen.
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2007
In his interview with al-Fajr Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah discusses crucial current issues in the Coptic Orthodox Church and refutes many allegations against the church and the clergy.
Date of source: Monday, April 12, 2004
There are meetings for monaqaba women all over Cairo in elevated neighborhoods like Maadi, Mohandesseen and Haram. These meetings are only for monaqaba women and the meetings are supervised by sheikhs most of whom have never studied at the Azhar. The sheikhs of these meetings tell people to do good...
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2002
The author condemns the fact that no one honored Farag Foda, neither in his life nor after his death, although he fought extremism and was assassinated because of his anti-terrorism ideas. He sheds light on the role Foda played in fighting terrorism.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2007
Muḥammad al-Bāz discusses the Coptic unified personal status law that was prepared in 1978 but has never been certified. al-Bāz believes that the law will increase the sufferings of Copts as it will close the door to divorce and will leave Copts, who have problems in their marital lives, with only...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2007
The Ministry of Interior is attempting to escape paying compensation to approximately 15,000 former detainees who belonged to al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. The detainees had previously won court rulings amounting to compensations of 15,000 to 30,000 LE each for having been detained for long years...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
An engineer filed a communiqué to the Public Prosecutor demanding to sack the Muftī ‘Alī Jum‘ah and to refer him to a medical committee in order to test his mental ability.
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2007
A conjugal conflict raises suspicions of some Coptic Orthodox clergymen’s disloyalty. The author hints at the church’s alleged compassion with the wife whose brother is a priest; the husband accuses the church, represented by Bishop Mārqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, of disloyalty and of exposing his...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Muḥammad al-Bāz directs a number of accusations against Bishop Basantī of Ḥilwān and al-Ma‘ṣarah that were sent to Pope Shenouda for investigation. al-Bāz affirmed that Bishop Basantī refrained from responding to any of the accusations.