Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Khālid Ṣalāḥ affirms that religion should be kept a personal matter and that a person being a Muslim or a Christian is a mere private choice that should not ignite people’s interests or intervention.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The article sheds light on "al-Adyān wa Hurīyat al-Ta‘bīr, Ishkālīyat al-Hurīyah fī al-Mujtama‘āt al-Mukhtalifah,’ [Religions and the Freedom of Expression; the problem of Freedom in the Different Societies] a book issued by the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies.
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2007
For years, senior posts in the Egyptian administrative system have been granted to employees that officials have confidence in, rather than to employees who are both qualified and professional.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The lawsuit filed by Mamdūḥ Nakhlah against the Egyptian government harms the fundamental issue of equality in the building of houses of worship and incites people against the proposed law.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
A huge throng of people gathered last Sunday at the St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria to attend Pope Shenouda’s last sermon before he traveled to the United States to receive medical treatment.
Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2007
Actress Hālah Ṣidqī’s second marriage caused a storm of protest within Coptic circles, especially because there are more than 20,000 cases of divorced Christians who are unable to remarry because of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s refusal to grant them marriage permissions.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Max Michel fiercely attacks Pope Shenouda for granting actress Hālah Ṣidqī a license to remarry.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
‘Abīr ‘Aṭīyah presents the opinions of Copts on the idea that the Coptic Orthodox patriarch can be married.
Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2007
Within Coptic circles, controversy has increased regarding the regulations for the election of a patriarch; specifically, whether a patriarch should be a monk or married and the eligibility of voters who participate in these patriarchal elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Sulaymān Shafīq comments on the controversy surrounding the elections of the Coptic patriarch, arguing that whether the patriarch should be a monk or a married priest is not the core issue. In his view, the agenda of the next pope is a more important subject in light of the challenges that the...