Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
The author writes about using force in conversions and reconversions. The author does not mention Wafa’ Costantine but this article is clearly about her.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
President Husnī Mubārak responded to this call by amending the article 76 of the constitution to allow for multi-candidate presidential elections. However, in order to proceed with the elections in an incorrupt fashion, the Egyptian press must regain its freedom, which it had lost ever since the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
Before I talk about the advising sessions held for those who wish to convert to Islam, I would like to tell a story that may help explain the importance of such sessions to the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Why should not Egypt, thanks to its current dialogue with Israel, demand the return of the Al-Sultan Monastery to the Coptic Orthodox Church?
Israeli occupation forces seized it on April 25, 1970, and then handed it over to the Abyssinians.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Archpriest Zakarīyā Butrus is in a kind of alliance with the shaykhs and leaders of the extremist camp, whose fatwas have been causing a commotion for more than three decades.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Cairo is hosting the first world conference on Muslim-Christian dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue (IIFD) and the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC).
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
Curricula, social laws, economic and political legislations are derived from the remarkable prestigious status of religion in Arab countries. Moreover, it is the dominant theme in the public’s mind and the main purpose for communities where ignorance, poverty, fallacies, and backwardness prevail....
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
After the Wafā’ Costantine issue came to an end, three demands that need to be fulfilled were brought forth, so that similar incidents can be avoided and solutions found to Coptic grievances.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
The sectarian incidents which last December exploded in Assiut [Asyout], and later in Beheira [al-Buhayra], drew our attention to the manner in which the Egyptian media had handled the issue. In the majority of cases, press coverage of the incidents was unreasonable, irrational, and bordering on...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
A symposium organized by Watanī newspaper, at the Qinā governorate city of Najc Hammādī, called for the reinforcement to the core of citizenship by encouraging co-existence, creation of common shared activities that would serve to bring together all Egyptians and requiring youth to practice their...