Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
With the attendance of a large number of Egyptian religious and
political figures,
Bishop Antonius Najīb, 71, was ordained yesterday as the new patriarch of Coptic
Catholics in Egypt at
the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Members of the church council prevent
the chairman of the Evangelical
denomination from ordaining a pastor, which he denies.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The Episcopal Church is celebrating the
opening of the
second Alexandria School of Theology in a new attempt to prove its independence from the Evangelical
denominations.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
In an attempt to prove the falseness of the
Gospel
of Judas, cAbd al-Masīh Basīt Abu al-Khayr, priest of the ancient Church of the
Virgin
Mary in Musturud, has published a new book entitled ‘The Gospel of Judas.’
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Mamdouh
Nakhla, head of the Al
-Kalīma Center for Human Rights, is participating with Muhammed al-Dirinī and
‘Aboud al-
Zumour in the authorship of a book entitled "The Hell Capital" about how Christians and
prisoners are treated in
Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The Coptic dossier has been the center of Egyptian media attention
for the past few
decades.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The Center for
Human Rights Research in Cairo
has agreed to put an end to the discriminatory acts between Muslims and Christians
in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The author suggests that the religious tension in Egypt has its roots in the mono-authority that
prevailed
after the 1952 revolution.
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2006
The sectarian incident in Alexandria has created uproar among
the Copts. Egyptian
intellectuals and clergy men have reacted to it. The reactions of expatriate Copts were
also observed.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The
author discusses Muslim-
Christian unity in Egypt from Byzantine times until the current era, arguing that
patriotism has been
replaced by religious affiliations.