Date of source: Monday, July 27, 2009
The author sheds light on the issue of establishing political parties with religious background and different opinions around a Coptic party.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Bishop Butrus has been assigned to Pope Shenouda’s secretarial team. Many newspapers considered the issue to be a step toward the removal of Bishop Yu’annis.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Alleged sources within the Coptic Orthodox Church claim to have concrete evidence of the Evangelical Church’s missionary and Christianizing activities.
Date of source: Sunday, July 19, 2009
A seminar about freedom of expression discusses laws and regulations followed to publish works of art in the Arab World.
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 2009
Najīb Jibrā’īl, the head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, proposes a draft law for adoption and the Azhar views it as a source of fitnah.
Date of source: Friday, July 10, 2009
For the first time, a Christian woman gets khul‘ from her husband.
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 2009
Al-Ahrār reports on different opinions concerning the discussion of religious issues at the recent National Democratic Party conference.
Date of source: Saturday, November 7, 2009
A war of words has been declared between Mamdūh Ramzī, the Coptic candidate for the presidency and Councilor Najīb Jibrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Grand Imām Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī severely criticized a preparatory school student for wearing the niqāb in class. The shaykh was accused of offending the girl and violating personal freedoms. The incident brought about heated discussions about the niqāb in public places. While some newspapers...
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Egyptian press is still intensively focusing on Fārūq Husnī’s failure in the elections to the position of UNESCO’s director general. The press and Husnī himself bemoaned the Zionist foreign conspiracy against him. The press also referred to UNESCO leaders’ views about Husnī’s ministry’s...