Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The author probes the
reasons behind the
defrocking of two priests, Father Mina Ishaq and Father Bisada Zakī.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
A church
source explains that publishing the pictures of defrocked priests was not to
expose them but to warn other Copts
against them. Because there are no special laws specifying clergymen’s
uniforms, defrocked priests can commit
irregularities.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Pope Shenouda warned Copts anew against visiting Jerusalem under Israeli
occupation.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The
author focuses on the Coptic library of Mar Marqus which contains a
large number of rare manuscripts and books, as
well as Pope Shenouda’s decision to appoint 40 Coptic public
figures to the library’s board of
trustees.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The church has
given a decision stripping a priest in al-Jīza of his
priesthood after being found guilty of collecting
funds for himself in the name of the Coptic cathedral.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
In this interview Bishop Boulā of
Tantā
and the head of the clerical council speaks about Coptic personal status problems.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
Qatqouta Shenouda discovered that her husband
Nāsir ‘Imyān had been married to 15 other women, and so she appealed to the court seeking
a divorce and she convicted her husband of committing adultery and abusing her.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The
court ruling previously pronounced by a lower administrative court giving Bahā’īs the rights to
state their religion in official documents is overturned by the Supreme Administrative Court.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The author argues that that managing extremism is a practical and achievable goal today, while the eradication of extremism is an unachievable target.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author writes about the need for the establishment
of a non-
governmental observatory concerned with tracking violations of citizenship [rights], including
materials published
by newspapers that trigger Muslim-Christian tensions.