Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit that called for the Copts’ conference to be canceled.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Council of State's courts are not authorized to investigate lawsuits related to the application of hadd al-riddah.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Dr. Hālah Mustafá, the editor-in-chief of al-Dimuqrātīyah magazine at al-Ahrām and member of the National Democratic Party’s Policies Secretariat gives her opinion on current national and international issues and discusses the obstacles to political reform in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
Tāmir Salāh al-Dīn reports on declared and hidden clashes between Coptic members of the National Democratic Party [NDP] in the electoral campaigns of the upcoming elections for local councils in Alexandria in April, 2008.
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
In the wake of a heinous attack by supporters of a basketball team setting a supporter of an opponent team on fire after the end of a game, the author, Amal Ibrāhīm Sa‘d, discusses the phenomenon of fanaticism spread in all walks of life in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The continuous attacks on Copts decrease their sense of patriotism. The author expresses his devastation with the declarations of the general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood against Copts.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
In an interview with Al Jazeera TV news channel, Max Michel Hannā denied that he was defrocked by the church, asserting he would continue his work.
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
In a meeting with expatriate Copts in the U.S., Pope Shenouda asserted that there are problems for Copts in Egypt but denied claims that there is discrimination against Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2008
The elected head of the First Baptist Church has filed a lawsuit against the head of the Protestant Community Council Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī for making Rev. Mamdūh Murād Zakhārī the head of the Baptist Church.
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
Shīrīn Rabī‘ reviews a book entitled, ’Anbā Maximus wa-Rū’yah Jadīdah li-al-Islāh’ [Bishop Maximus and a new Vision of Reform], believing that the book opens fire on Pope Shenouda and refutes his thoughts.