Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
One of the late Father Mattá al- Maskīn’s disciples, Father Basilius al-Maqārī declares that followers of al-Maskīn do not respond to the attacks of Bishop Bīshūy as they adhere to the monastic rules.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Samū’īl al-‘Ashāy criticizes officials of the Coptic Orthodox Church for neglecting the seminar of the Supreme Council of Culture that was held to honor the late Father Mattá al-Maskīn.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh traces the origin of
citizenship in ancient Greek and Roman states, linking it to modern constitutions and declarations of human
rights.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The sixteenth conference of the Council of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East, held in Lebanon, discussed the rapid migration of Christians from the Arab World. It referred to the practices of the state in Egypt toward Copts as being the main reason behind Coptic emigration.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Dispute over two qirats of land in the Upper Egyptian village of Dayr al-
Barshā, Minia governorate, ended up with six people killed and 12 others wounded.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Sources from the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that Pope
Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark is in excellent condition and is recovering
properly after undergoing a spinal surgery in Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The pope
has started...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bishop Bīshūy aims to excommunicate Coptic intellectual Kamāl
Zākhir, accusing him of being against the church. Bishop Bīshūy calls on Copts to boycott the
expected conference about the laymen’s view of the church’s problems.
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The review deals with the plans
by the Muslim Brotherhood group to dominate the trade unions through the elections as Brotherhood members threaten
to establish unions parallel with the government’s if elections were rigged, amidst statements by chief
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif that the group is...
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh discusses the
issue of citizenship and the nation-state in Egypt.