Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2007
A project to collect the full version of the manuscript first found in Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai. Well informed sources in the project expect to have the project complete and posted on the internet by 2009.
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference was sequenced by a great uproar mainly caused by inaccurate media reporting. The laymen held what they called “a clarifying press conference” in which they tried to clarify the debatable issues reported by the press.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Ahmad al-Qā‘ūd reports on the first training program for press that will cover crises held by al-Qistās group for legal and constitutional rights.
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2007
Religious education in Egypt is no longer exclusive to Azharian schools and institutes but there are schools that call themselves ‘Islamic’ that advertise their intentions to offer education in an Islamic manner.
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2007
Sectarian violence rocked the Egyptian village of Bimhā, Giza, sparked by Muslim’s anger over alleged Coptic plans to build a church. Violence left 11 Copts injured and 30-Christian owned homes and businesses damaged.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2007
The incidents of sectarian violence in the Egyptian village of Bimhā provoked commentators who believe that the scenario of sectarian unrest related to church building has repeatedly occurred, demanding that the government take prompt actions to resolve the problem of church construction.
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2007
Dr. Nasr Allāh al-Barājah, a professor at South Valley University, was suspended for three months after his Coptic students complained that the book he authored and had been teaching contained harsh criticism of Christian doctrines and insults to Christian monks and nuns.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2007
The author highlights two incidents that the Islamic world witnessed during the last week that expose the real magnitude of the sectarian crisis and clearly define its dimensions.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Sectarian sedition was about to erupt in Upper Egypt following a dispute between two farmers.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
63 presidential rulings were issued in one year to authorize the building and restoration works in Christian houses of worship. The following lines provide further details about the issue.