Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
George Ḥabīb Bibāwīcomments on the decision of excommunicating him from the church.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The author wonders about the real reasons for canceling the church trial of the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammādī, Bishop Kyrillos, criticizing the Secretary- general of the Holy Synod Bishop Bīshūy for holding such trials upon personal discords alone.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The Christian residents of ‘Azbah Hannā Ayūb in al-Minia governorate are warning of upcoming sectarian strife in the village similar to al-Kushh incidents due to the demolition of their houses and the seizure of a 20-qarat plot of land which they cultivated through the Agrarian Reform Office.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
A chancellor promoted a law suit to assume control of a church belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church in the Egyptian village of Rashīd. Christian villagers are furious and ready to pay with their lives to prevent the takeover.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2007
Sectarian violence broke out in the Upper Egyptian village of Armant, Qinā governorate, after rumors spread that a group of three Coptic young men seduced a number of Muslim girls and filmed them in compromising positions. Arson attacks swept the village and eight Muslim teenagers were arrested for...
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
Pope Shenouda III bans a conference organized by Michael Munīr. Allegations were made that the pope’s refusal is due to personal disputes with the bishop who mediated to be granted permission from the pope to hold the conference.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
The controversial Coptic activist ‘Adlī Abādīr organizes a conference advocating the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
A Coptic family that was accused of collaborating with extremist Islamic groups is arrested and allegedly tortured.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
Coptic students are arrested in Alexandria for allegedly selling anti-Islām CDs inciting conversion of Muslim women to Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Despite the acquittal of Khayrat al-Shāṭir, the second deputy of the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, along with 39 prominent members of the group by a Cairo criminal court ruling, President Muhammad Ḥusnī Mubārak, acting in his capacity as the supreme commander of the armed forces, referred the...