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72. At the symposium on “Religious currents and the future of the civil state”: A call to unify national forces to find an alternative to theocracy and military state
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
“There is nothing called a religious state in the Qur’ ān. In fact, the Qur’ān did not set a frame for the state,” the leader of the Tajammu‘ Party, Dr. Rif‘at al-Sa‘īd said in a symposium organized a few days ago by the party’s Hizb al-Shabāb al-Taqaddumī [Youth Progressive Union].
69. Priests demand saying Mass in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Egyptian Christians call for changing the language of the Mass from Coptic into Arabic.
68. Pope Shenouda III: Pilgrimage to Jerusalem is not a religious duty
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The patriarch of Jerusalem shows his disagreement with the prohibition on Copts from visiting Jerusalem but Pope Shenouda maintains his stance.
67. A new church for divorcees in Egypt!
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
In an interview with al- Musawwar, Habīl Tawfīq Sa‘īd, a self-styled ‘priest,’ speaks about the independent Orthodox denomination of the “Sons of St. Paul the apostle,” which he founded in 1982 and which then included 3.5 million Coptic Orthodox members from all over the world.
66. Father Bisada Zaki defrocked
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Father Bisādā Zakī, whose name at birth was Fakhrī Zakī Fakhrī, has been defrocked and dismissed from his position at the Giza Bishopric. The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate has warned its followers against having future financial dealings with the defrocked priest.
65. Father Habil defrocked for granting divorce certificates
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Father Mīnā Ishaq Hābīl was defrocked of his ministerial credentials and removed from the Giza Bishopric Church for financial irregularities, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate announced yesterday in a statement.
64. Pope fulfills threats to defrock priests
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has given orders to defrock two priests for violating the church’s teachings.
63. Christian women issue khul‘ divorce lawsuits to escape from restrictive church laws
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Seventy thousand Christian women issued divorce lawsuits, but the church refuses to admit them, the author claims. As a result, many Christians turn to civil marriage or live with a sense of guilt.
62. My mother’s name and Mars!
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Dr. Muna Hilmī expresses her astonishment at the reaction to her initiative to give the child the surname of his/her mother, besides the father’s name, and comments on some of these opinions.
61. Government appeals courts ruling in favor of Baha’is
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court ruling in favor of recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion apostates. Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.

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