Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Headline: Islamist Lawyers Introduce Pope as Adversary in Kāmīliyā Shihātah Case, Ask that Ministry of Interior Bring her to Testify
Source: Sawt al-Ummah
Page: 13
Author: ‘Antar ‘Abd al-Latīf
Keywords: Pope Shenouda III, conversion
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Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Headline: ‘Alī Jum‘ah: Banks Operate in Accordance with Sharī‘ah, Those who Seek to Make Banking Sinful Should Ban Money
Source: Al-Dustūr
Author: Wā’il Fāyiz
Page: 1
Keywords: Sharī‘ah
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Headline: Vatican Pope: Christians are Suffering Most from Persecution, Violence...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
"As reconciliatory efforts to contain the al-‘Umrāniyyah crisis proceed at various legal, political, and church levels...a few days ago a sign was hung up on a building under construction only a few meters away from the al-‘Umrāniyyah building, the scene of the clash over it being changed into a...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Participants at a forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services on Friday called upon the People's Assembly to take up the idea of forming a social charter on citizenship and dialogue, as well as to work toward passage of legislation to confront those who stir Fitnah Tā’...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Counselor Muqbil Shākir, Deputy Head of the National Council for Human Rights, told a delegation from the Freedom House, "We [Reviewer: the report did not clarify what Shākir meant by "we"] reject international monitoring because we have internal monitoring and a strong civil society."
He stressed...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
A member of the leadership of the U.S. Copts Association has revealed that a group of expatriate Coptic businessmen have agreed to establish a bank in Sweden with a capital of 100 million Euros.
Its activities will include funding anti-Egyptian demonstrations, marches, and other activities on the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Institute for Economics and Peace in Australia has praised Grand Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah for his efforts in religious dialogue and global peace through media, culture, and thought. The yearly report also praised the Grand Muftī for permanently seeking inter-religious research with the Bishop of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church have recently finished writing reviews on education curriculum, as requested by the Egyptian Ministry of Education.
Head of the Center for Educational Evaluation and Examination, Dr. Salāh ‘Arafah, said that both entities agreed on developing various...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood allegedly used Majdī ‘Āshūr’s daughter and wife to put pressure on him to withdraw from the Parliamentary elections after they decided to boycott the elections.
‘Āshūr, however, continued with the elections and went on to become the second Muslim Brother (after ‘Abd al-Sattār...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, appealed the Supreme Administrative Court ruling that fined him 150 thousand Egyptian Pounds as compensation for Majdī William. Pope Shenouda had refused to implement the court ruling to give William permission for a second marriage. Pope...