Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2008
The 2008 U.S. report on religious freedoms highlights the Egyptian government’s restrictions toward the freedom of creed however the author points out that the Egyptian Constitution actually allows for religious freedom.
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The press' interpretation of any incident defines the incident itself. A not unusual honor crime in Upper Egypt was reported by a newspaper as being a source of new sectarian strife, while such crimes usually take place based on cultural heritage that has nothing to do with religious identity.
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A Coptic woman converted to Islam two years ago and married a Muslim man. Her family have tried relentlessly to make her revert to Christianity. Then lately allegations spread about her family's attempt to kidnap her with her 10-year old son. The abduction news, arriving to her husband's family,...
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Different factions are emerging in the Muslim Brotherhood's guidance office and candidates who did not manage to get a seat in the recent elections have called for the general guide to be removed from office.
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In the aftermath of the attacks against the Abū Fānā Monastery, the governor of Minya headed a committee that drafted decisions that do not appear favorable for the church. From his residency in Cleveland in the U.S., Pope Shenouda III declared the relations between the bishopric in Mallawī and the...
Date of source: Monday, June 16, 2008
Hānī Labīb reflects on his interview with lawyer Ramsīs al-Najjār, in which he discussed the lawyers’ syndicate.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2008
The article comments on Max Michel’s book ’Maximus wa Ru’īyah Jadīdah lil Islāh’ [Bishop Maximus and a new vision of reforms] in which he explains his vision for the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2008
The deputy of the Community Council Dr. Tharwat Basīlī criticized Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, for holding the Holy Synod’s annual meeting in the absence of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2008
Pope Shenouda says he is fine and that his health is better after physical rehabilitation, and thanks President Mubārak during a phone call with C.T.V. satellite channel.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2008
The author complains about the new amendments introduced to the 1938 by-law which restricted divorce to only two admissible reasons. She says that those who introduced these amendments live in ivory towers and do not identify with people’s suffering.