Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2007
A new institute related to the Coptic Orthodox Church provides professional training courses for Egyptian and non-Egyptian youth to fight the unemployment problem. Different Egyptian institutions will participate in the project.
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2007
A conference of Arab youth was held in Cairo in August 2007. A Coptic delegation effectively participated.
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2007 to Friday, August 24, 2007
Due to a report prepared by Dr. Bakr Zakī ‘Awad, the Islamic Research Academy has banned a book entitled, ‘Al-Dunyā Ajmal min-al-Jannah’ [Life is More Beautiful than Paradise], written by a former member of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah, Mr. Khālid al-Birrī.
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2007
A new episode of clashes started between the Egyptian regime and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group after the recent arrest of 16 leaders and members of the group, including Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, head of the group’s political office. Political experts link the arrest of al-‘Iryān to the group’s...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Sulaymān Shafīq refers to three different issues that were widely discussed in the Egyptian media in 2007. Strongly related to the value of the freedom of belief, these issues are the Bahā’ī case, Christians converting to Islam and vice versa, and finally, the case of Muḥammad Ḥijāzī and his wife...
Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2007
A 25-year-old Muslim man’s conversion to Christianity provokes heated debates and creates uproar in Christian and Muslim communities.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The author argues that men of religion, lawyers, and less-educated people have become Egyptian society’s decision-makers and its new intellectual elite. They are an influential force that shapes the mind of the average citizen on the issues of conversion and Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
The authors discuss the establishment of a new “Union for Freedom” party. Muntas...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Former Iranian President Khatamī created uproar in the Coptic Orthodox Church when he declared that the first church in the world was in Iran during the first century and that it was a refuge for Christians during times of persecution.
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2007 to Friday, August 17, 2007
Dr. Murād Wahbah writes about his personal experience in the dispute between late Pope Kyrillos VI and late Father Mattá al-Miskīn.