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Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Pope Shenouda and Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak met last Wednesday to discuss the release of 42 Coptic men who are still being held in connection with last month’s church riots in ‘Umrāniyyah.
“Well-informed sources” told Watani that the Pope criticized the security...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Prosecutor General ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has released nineteen Copts allegedly involved in the November riot over the stoppage of construction at a church in ‘Umraniyyah, Giza.
A statement by Mahmūd says that the detainees were released because of “humanitarian and social circumstances,” stating...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Headline: Research Academy Considers Stiffening Penalty to Three Years in Prison for Any Party that Prints Mushaf [original Qur’ānic text, without exegesis or human explanation] with Mistakes
Source: al-Dustūr
Page: 3
Author: Wā’il Fāyiz
Keywords: Mushaf
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Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar, discusses several current issues facing Egyptians.
Regarding laws on church construction, al-Tayyib says that if people believe the laws for building mosques and churches are not equal, then the media will highlight this issue. However, he states...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Discussing the issue of remarriage for divorcees, Coptic scholar Dr. Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī praises Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III for sticking with what he sees as verses that allow divorce only in cases of adultery.
He also thanks Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak for admitting a draft law for...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Midhat Bishāy believes that the Coptic Orthodox Church lacks the concept of decentralization. He explains that Pope Shenouda, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, has announced on several occasions that no one is authorized to decide, consult, or speak in the name of the church without first consulting...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Clashes between a priest and Copts in Dār al-Salām (in the Sohag governorate) have reached the police station.
Archpriest Mattá Theophilus accused Copts of planning to assassinate him. The archpriest says the plan was hatched by a deacon who was angered after the archpriest refused to buy him a...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun sending invitations for its celebration of Christmas.
Invitations were sent to Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Ahmad Fathī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Safwat al-Sharīf, the Chief of the Shūrá Council....
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Orthodox Coptic Church started sending invitations for the celebration of Christimas and the mass.
Invitations were sent to: Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Aḥmad Fatḥī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Ṣafwat al-Sharīf, chief of Shura...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Pope Shenouda's apology for not attending Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī's PhD defense is generating controversy.
Explanation of the apology has varied. Some say that he did not attend for health reasons; others say that it was a statement of dissatisfaction at the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church incidents.
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