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9. Where does the cleric’s role start and end?
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
Some clerics - shaykhs and priests - have suddenly turned into experts in economics, sociology, chemistry and physics as well as politicians who advise people to follow their opinions through Fatāwá, the observance of which is obedience to God and their breach considered apostasy.
23. Al-Arabi and Aqidati criticize "A returnee from Cairo"
Date of source:
Magdy Khalil, a Coptic writer in the US, wrote a series of three articles in Watani newspaper under a general title "A Returnee from Cairo." In this series, he comments on the conditions of Copts in Egypt. al-Arabi, mouthpiece of the Nasserist Party, and Islamic independent Aqidati highly...
19. "Every now and then appears a person who wants to become pope," says Bishop Marqus
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Aḥmad al-Si‘dāwī interviews Bishop Marqus to ask him about his declarations concerning the constitutional reform in Egypt.
42. Secret dialogue, the church’s defense mechanism
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Coptic writers and intellectuals present their views on the reasons behind the inability of the Coptic Orthodox church to contain troublesome situations.
41. Constitutional amendments
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
While all Egyptians seem to agree on the importance of applying principles of citizenship and equality, and while everyone is calling for a more active role in political situations and the less political nature of religious institutions, many still argue about amending article two of the...
35. The constitutional amendments between suggestions and execution
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The proposed constitutional amendments stress the importance of citizenship. The amendments cannot be achieved all at once, as there must be a cultural and social basis on which the amendments can be established. A secular state will fulfill the demands of most Egyptians, and Copts look forward to...
32. Mahmud wishes to meet his Christian friends to talk about every thing without anger but this is impossible… long live national unity in the university
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Students from various levels of education express their thoughts and impression about their colleagues who have a different religion.
51. Echoes from the conference “A laymen vision on the problems of the Church
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The conference about the reform in the Coptic Orthodox Church is still arousing noise. This review presents the comments of Bishop Murqus, the official spokesman of Pope Shenouda III, and other different echoes and comments on the conference.
4. The meetings of Pope Shenouda with the sheik of the Azhar are only propaganda that has no real effect
Date of source: Wednesday, December 10, 1997
Subtitle:1 - The attitude of the pope towards the emigrant Copts is not decisive, though they have betrayed the home country.2 - The church should not be limited to talking about the problems of the Copts. It has a general social role that it should undertake.The author argues that neither the...
5. Christian extremist groups in Egypt
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 1997
Subtitles to this article:- Shubra only has 15 groups.- They consider music and statues a sin and writers and thinkers the soldiers of the devil.- Members are young people, primarily from the poor classes.- Secret meetings for the members and strange rituals for new members- They say that the men...

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