Date of source: Thursday, December 7, 2006
Sulaymān Jawdah denounces the exclusion
of Copts from trade of the Faysal Islamic Bank, and
warns of the dangerous impacts of isolating Copts from
public life in Egypt. He mentions that the standard system
of Faysal Islamic Bank violates the Egyptian
Constitution and calls for an urgent...
Date of source: Thursday, December 7, 2006
The author wonders whether Egypt is a civil state or a religious one and calls on the government to
be
clearer in its stance on this issue.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The article carries a strong criticism of the members of the People’s Assembly for
aggressively discussing the minister of culture’s statements on the hijāb, whilst drawing their
attention away from real problems of the country.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Criticism
of the Egyptian members of parliament’s performance regarding reform.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The author of the article
argues that the church’s leaders should not be conflated with the church itself,
and that the problems
within the church should be addressed without accusations of heresy.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
A conflict between a nun and a monastery over land and property ownership.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
A Coptic lawyer filed a hisbah lawsuit against the head of Saint Athanasius Church, Bishop Maximus Hannā, accusing him of slandering Pope Shenouda III in an interview on ‘Dream’ satellite channel.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The
article presents an interview with a German professor in Coptic studies on her academic contributions to the
field.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Dr. Mājid Subhī discovered a Coptic Orthodox Church on Rodos
Island in Greece that was
established by an Egyptian archpriest named Girgis Hakīm in the 16th
century. However,
the church was defaced and no remains could be found at the present time.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Rober al-Fāris responds to an article published by al-Kirāzah
magazine,
mouthpiece of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, on church trials.