Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2007 to Friday, July 20, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine publishes a report about the spread of Zāwiyahs in the streets of Cairo. The weekly magazine reviews a report published by the U.S. Los Angeles Times about Zāwiyahs.
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Coptic Orthodox activist laymen call to change the list of rules and legislations regulating the election of the Coptic patriarch. A Coptic Orthodox member of the Council of State sent a letter to President Mubārak with suggested rules.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sulaymān Shāfīq imposes his personal perspective on the recent conflict between the Coptic Orthodox Church and Waṭanī newspaper, believing that the conflict occurred due to the different policies in running the two institutions.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
French researcher and Director of CEDEJ in Cairo Alain Roussillon passed away, a few days ago.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
The Egyptian youth suffer from many problems that affect their behavior and increase apathy and violence among them.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007 to Friday, July 13, 2007
Confessing one’s sins to priests via the internet and phone calls causes controversy within Christian circles in Egypt. The following article presents the opinion of a few Christians on the matter, as well as a few priests.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2007
The newspaper, ‘Ālam al-Mashāhīr, is attempting to establish itself as an alternative to Waṭanī newspaper,especially after the outbreak of disagreements between Wạtanī’s editors and Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2007
Bishop Bisantī confessed that the church took a census of the number of Copts in Egypt, which revealed that their numbers exceed 15 million.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The first article of the Constitution affirms the principle of citizenship regardless of the number of Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá calls for the amendment to the Coptic patriarch election regulations and to adjust them to the sound church rules which confine the nomination for the papal chair to monks who did not earn their Episcopal degree.