Date of source: Monday, June 16, 2008
In the aftermath of the attacks against the Abū Fānā Monastery, the governor of Minia 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: Sunday, June 8, 2008
While the uproar in the wake of the first attack against the Abū Fānā monastery continues, monks were again attacked and stoned by people from the tribal communities. Heated discussions and debates on the issue are still being reported in the media. Muslims accuse the monks of killing a young man...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2008
Members of tribal communities attacked a Coptic Orthodox monastery in al-Minia. The vandals destroyed buildings that are owned by the monastery and set fire to the monastery’s farm. Moreover, they abducted three monks and insulted and tortured them for hours.
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Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
The Egyptian Shūrá Council and Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed their discontentment with British officers’ way of dealing with Pope Shenouda III at Heathrow Airport and announced that Egypt will treat British diplomats in its airports in the same way. Dr. Abū al-Ghayt, Egypt’s minister of...
Date of source: Friday, April 18, 2008
Labīb Halīm Labīb presents the views of American writer John Esposito on thoughts of the Islamic movements in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
A Palestinian shaykh from the city of Khān Yūnus has issued a fatwá calling for Egyptian troops on the Egypt-Gaza border to be killed if they resist any Palestinian overthrow of the border fence.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Today scholars have to issue provisions that address the era in which we live and deal with people’s interests.
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Ministry of Awqāf [religious endowments] has declared a plan to release 1500 female religious guide in mosques in order to confront the phenomenon of the niqāb and religious extremism.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The author accuses the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies of holding sectarian conferences to ignite strife in the southern city of Luxor.
Date of source: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Dr. Sāmī ‘Abd al-‘Azīz expresses his admiration for the article that ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Sa‘īd wrote in al-Ahrām newspaper.