Date of source: Sunday, March 8, 2009
European Copts have been invited to attend a conference on religious freedom in Egypt that will be held in Germany later this month.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Although Bishop Marqus stresses the fact that he opposes the government, he supports Jamāl Mubārak to succeed his father as the president of the Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The authors shed light on the recurrence of sectarian incidents caused by relations between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A Christian man’s killing sparks uproar and is feared a threat to Muslim-Christian relations in an Egyptian village.
Date of source: Sunday, March 1, 2009
The 2008 U.S International Religious Freedom Report
released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the U.S stole the limelight in the Egyptian press. Observers
criticized the report for being weak and a sign of the United States’ interference in other nations’ affairs while it...
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2009
A Coptic teenager escaped from her family home intending to marry a 20 year old young Muslim man. Copts demonstrated angrily and the prosecution released the couple. The teenage girl is said to have been sent to a monastery in Cairo to be taken care of.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2009
A group of expatriate Copts call for the urgent stipulation of a unified law for houses of worship.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Dār al-Iftā’ issue a fatwá claiming that polygamy is not prohibited in Judaism and Christianity according to the Torah and the Bible. The fatwá aroused Christians’ resentment.
Date of source: Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Supreme Administrative court has decided to postpone the hearing in the case of Christian born individuals who converted to Islam and then reconverted to Christianity.
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Ayman Nūr, head of al-Ghad party in Egypt
has been released after three years and three months in Egyptian jails.