Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2007
Hānī Labīb believes that Father Marqus ‘Azīz and Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī are two sides of the same coin. He argues that the differences between them are only in religion and uniforms.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
The article discusses the political failure of the banned Muslim Brotherhood that tends to raise less important issues merely to gain media fame rather than any real political presence in society.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
The author comments on the declaration of Dr. Muṣṭafá al-Fiqī, the president of the British University in Cairo. Dr. al-Fiqī declares that becoming a religious state is more dangerous than a state ruled by corruption.
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2007
At the Faculty of Agriculture at Cairo University, the girl students’ movement, belonging to the Islamic trend, organized the Miss Ḥijāb beauty contest in celebration of the end of the academic year.
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2007 to Friday, August 10, 2007
There is no legislative standard in determining who is granted custody of the children in case of the parents’ divorce as a result of the father’s conversion. Similar cases are treated on a different basis with different results. An Egyptian lawyer said the situation was menacing sectarian sedition...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A Coptic laymen’s group called for radical changes in the system and rules of the Coptic Orthodox patriarch elections. The suggestions were severely rejected by the church and a wide range of Copts. Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, purportedly the leader of the laymen’s group, wrote an article explaining his...
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2007 to Friday, August 3, 2007
A film featuring the life of Mother Īrīnī is expected to cause a crisis between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Protestants as it discusses debatable issues from an Orthodox perspective.
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
Wafā’ Waṣfī publishes a secret letter from Bishop Gregorius, the former general archbishop of the post-graduate theological studies and Coptic culture, to Bishop Bīshūy that was dated back to September 1, 1985, in which Bishop Gregorius condemned Bishop Bīshūy’s frequent attacks against him and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
Injī Mitrī believes that the split that took place between followers of Jesus Christ and their division into three denominations was not God’s plan for Christianity in the first place. However, such a split occurred due to differences in political interests and not because of religious reasons.
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2007 to Friday, August 3, 2007
A music video that features a love story between a Christian girl and a Muslim youth seems to have provoked the feelings of followers from both of the two religions.