Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Community Council of the Evangelical Church in Egypt expresses in an interview with Sawt al-Ummah his refusal to recognize dissident Butrus Filtā’ūs, refuting the latter’s allegations and denying all accusations about the Evangelical Church’s involvement in...
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
The author presents Dr. Mustafá al-Shak‘ah’s comments on being prosecuted for insulting Christianity, because of what he said in Sawt al-Ummah concerning Copts request to increase the number of churches.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Sayyid al-Qimnī gave a lecture in a Coptic Orthodox monastery in which he discussed theocracy and referred to the current problems in the Azhar curriculum and the compelling need to reform it. He also discussed political issues related to citizenship rights and religious discrimination in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Dr. Muntasir tackles the launch of Khalīd al-Jindy as the formal dā‘iyah of the state through the famous TV program al-Bit Bītak [Feel free] and criticizes him for his statement about Jamāl al-Bannā and defends the latter as a part of his rejection to denying the other’s right to have different...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
A Coptic researcher has filed a lawsuit calling for Muslim judges to be prevented from examining Copts’ personal status cases.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
Lawyer Maurice Sādiq has sent the ministry of health a report in which he claims that Copts are being discriminated against at the Coptic Hospital in Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī has filed a complaint to the general prosecutor’s office against an Evangelical church’s monthly magazine, accusing it of offending Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
The article presents an interview with student Nashwá Jamāl who has been prevented from entering her Catholic school because she insists on wearing the hijāb.
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2008
Spokesman of the Catholic Church in Egypt, Father Rfīq Grech responded to the accusations of bribing Sudanese to convert to Christianity and explained that the Catholic Church offers aids on humanitarian bases regardless of people’s’ belonging, alluding to the numerous social services the Catholic...
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2008
The tribal structure of the Sudanese community in Egypt and the passiveness of the Egyptian security forces are the main reasons behind the increasing crimes committed by the Sudanese. Moreover, the author claims that the Catholic Church shelters theses Sudanese and offers them bribes to convert to...