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12. A scandal: Egyptian stock market prevents Coptic dealers from dealing with al-Faysal Bank shares
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Some Islamic banks and institutions do not allow Christian dealers to buy their shares in the stock markets. An influential investor’s complaint resulted in exceptional deal with the Faysal Islamic Bank.
45. A Christian couple calls on Pope Shenouda III to return their home taken over by the priest of al-Matariyah church
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A priest tricks an old Coptic couple and sells their home leaving them homeless.
44. A pastor and his son were sustained following violations in marriage and divorce issues in al-Fayyum
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A defrocked pastor and his son pass themselves off as Evangelical pastors and issue distorted conversion and marriage documents.
34. Accusations of preaching in a hospital and urging Muslims to embrace Christianity are made toward a Christian doctor
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A Coptic gynecologist resorted to asking for help from a human rights organization to defend her right to employment. The director of the hospital gave up his hostile stance toward her and promised that the problem would soon be resolved.
9. Coptic Orthodox laymen call for a legislative change
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Coptic Orthodox activist laymen call to change the list of rules and legislations regulating the election of the Coptic patriarch. A Coptic Orthodox member of the Council of State sent a letter to President Mubārak with suggested rules.
4. Upon her husband’s conversion to Maronism, a Coptic Orthodox wife asks for khul‘ and discovered that her marriage contract was invalid because it was signed by a defrocked priest
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A Christian woman, allegedly Coptic Orthodox, files a claim against the pastor who signed her marriage contract, accusing him of falsification.
56. Copts accuse Bishop Bishuy of taking over the church and overthrowing the sick Pope Shenouda III
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Two Coptic Laymen criticize Bishop Bīshūy and accuse him of exploiting Pope Shenouda’s absence to try and assume control of the Holy See. They called for an urgent session of the Holy Synod and Coptic men of law and religion to edit the legislation of electing the pope. They further denounced a...
43. Female circumcision; facts and statistics
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
97% of Egyptian women are circumcised. The Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī prohibiting female circumcision, the official rejecting stance of legislative institutions in the country, and the highlighted dangers of the operation seem to have little influence on the conservative traditional opinions of...
36. Sectarian strife erupted in al-‘Umraniyah after Tuk Tuk drivers abducted and raped a mentally ill Coptic girl and the State Security investigation team continues to surround the area in order to prevent clashes between Copts and Mus
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Al-Umrānīyah area in Giza [part of greater Cairo] is experiencing sectarian strife after three Tuk Tuk drivers abducted, raped, and detained a mentally ill Coptic girl in an unknown place.
54. Catholic citizen resorts to the Vatican pope after his wife, an employee at Cairo Airport, dissolved their marriage bond by khul‘
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2007
A Catholic man resorts to the Vatican Ambassador in Cairo and to the U.S. Embassy asking them to intervene in the Egyptian government after his wife got a judgment of divorce by Khul‘.

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