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36. Copts’ Personal Status Law amended
Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Community Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church conducted amendments to the Personal Status Law of Copts known as the law of 1938. The Egyptian media shed light on the issue and the different reactions to it.
15. Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau elections may increase the split between the old guard and the new generation
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2008
Observers believe that the recent secret Guidance Bureau elections in the Muslim Brotherhood may deepen the divide between the different wings of the group. Al-Arian, one the group's leaders believes that he was deliberately excluded from the elections but the general guide will only state that...
2. Attacks against the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of Abu Fana [1]
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2008
Members of tribal communities attacked a Coptic Orthodox monastery in al-Minyā. The vandals destroyed buildings that are owned by the monastery and set fire to the monastery's farm. Moreover, they abducted three monks and insulted and tortured them for hours.
23. Muslim and Coptic activists call for a demonstration to carry candles in front of al-‘Azra’ Church
Date of source: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Muslim and Coptic activists called for demonstration in front of al-‘Azrā’ Church in al-Zaytūn in protest against security blackout in the recent incidents against Copts in al-Zaytūn and al-Minia governorate.
21. Bishop Bishuy and the return of the era of martyrs
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2008
Bishop Bīshūy interferes in politics and entrenches sectarianism which will harm the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Copts.
30. Critics of the amendments to the 1938 statute say it will encourage the manipulation of religions
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The amendments to the 1938 statute are being debated by the Christian denominations in Egypt. While the State Council's deputy chairman said that it contains points that violate the law, others such as Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir believes that it will encourage Christians to convert to Islam.
16. The head of the Public Security Department: No sectarian sedition in Egypt and Muslims' jewelery shops are more likely to be robbed
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Two jewelery shops owned by Copts were attacked within 48 hours of each other have broken out worries about possible further attacks in a plot to target Copts.
15. Two attacks on Copts' jewelery shops raise fears over conspiracy against the Copts in Egypt
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The author reports on two recent assaults on jewelery shops owned by Copts in Cairo's al-Zaytūn and Alexandria's al-Llabbān districts that were reminiscent of Islamists' attacks on Copts' jewelery shops to finance terrorist activities that took place in the past.
10. An interview with Yusuf Nada and change in the Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2008
The article deals with various aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood group that have been discussed in the press this week such as the group's relations with the U.S, the elections to the Muslim Brotherhood guide's office and the extension of the Emergency Law. The article also includes an interview...
49. The impossibility of living without the state of emergency in Egypt
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Fahmī Huwaydī comments on the state of emergency announced in Egypt.

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