Date of source: Friday, July 10, 2009
The article deals with the reference Barack Obama made to Copts in his historic speech in Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
Al-Dustūr reports on the recent decision taken by the court concerning Bahā’īs and Muslim converts to Christianity
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Press review based on: Al-Wafd, September 20, 2009 (p. 7); Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, September 19, 2009 (p. 3); Al-Dustūr, September 18, 2009 (p. 1), September 19, 2009 (p. 14), September 21, 2009 (p. 12);
An armed man stabs a Coptic man to death in a village in Munūfīyah, and continues on his...
Date of source: Saturday, July 4, 2009
Al-Dustūr writes about Ayman Nūr’s tour in Alexandria.
Date of source: Saturday, July 4, 2009
The Coptic public protests in Saint Mark Cathedral in
Cairo against the papal decision to defrock Father Bula of al-Balyannā. The defrocking decision seems to have created
considerable controversy.
Date of source: Monday, July 6, 2009
The article deals with Pope Shenouda’s health and the church’s refusal to discuss the issue of his succession.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Hānī Samīr reports on the claims of Ra’fat Samīr, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights office in Luxor, that Luxor Municipality has seized church lands.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
A number of appeals have been launched in different issues in the Supreme Administrative Court which is headed by Muhammad Ahmad al-Huaynī and have been either postponed or referred to another chamber in the court.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Seven Egyptian parties submit a document to the government that includes a general framework for solving Coptic problems.
Date of source: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Al-Dawakhīlī critiques the Coptic lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl who is involved in a number of court cases both in Egypt and abroad.