Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Dr. ‘Abd al-Majīd identifies the civil state and the democratic state and calls for a national unanimity on the basic principles that the state is established on.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
This article criticizes the Egyptian government for refusing to recognize the fact that there are minorities in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Labīb blames Dr. Aḥmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd for his strategy of keeping the council’s reports and correspondences confidential. He highlights Abū al-Majd’s rejection of the council’s Cultural Committee because it criticized the Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
The author of the article, who is a member of the National Council for Human Rights, criticizes the performance of the council in its first session and provides examples of its negligence.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights ended its first session tensely; a member submitted a memo to its head and head of the Shūrá council decrying its performance as a failure.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Coptic writers and intellectuals present their views on the reasons behind the inability of the Coptic Orthodox church to contain troublesome situations.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
While all Egyptians seem to agree on the importance of applying principles of citizenship and equality, and while everyone is calling for a more active role in political situations and the less political nature of religious institutions, many still argue about amending article two of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Yesterday morning, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark flew to Mexico for a two- week visit, during which he is expected to inaugurate a church. Bishop Marqus, the media spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, denied rumors that the pope has traveled for a medical...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
George Ḥabīb Bibāwī publishes the fifth and final episode of his series of articles in Rose al-Yūsuf newspaper about the problems facing the church. This article is entitled ‘Devastating the last lay bastion, what is next?’
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
A Copt has accused an Orthodox archpriest of colluding with his former fiancée to steal his ‘shabkah’ [Reviewer: a set of jewelry or gold that men usually present to their fiancées before or at their engagement].