Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2007
The author believes that the banking policy in Egypt is heading toward Islamizing all of Egypt’s banks, especially after many banks in Egypt, as well as banks abroad, have taken positive actions toward establishing attached branches with Islamic systems.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Kamīl Ḥalīm, head of the Coptic Community in the United States, denies that the system governing the distribution of U.S. aid and funding has been directed at the Coptic community in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2007
Aḥmad al-Buḥayrī reports on the statements of Azhar scholars who criticized Pope Benedict XVI’s secretary who spoke about the Islamization of Europe.
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2007
al-Miṣrī al-Yawm cites an interview conducted by the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung with Msgr. George Gaenswein, secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, who warned of what he called the danger that the spread of Islam poses in Europe, and defended the pope’s controversial remarks against Islam.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2007
The article is based on an interview with Bishop Mūsá the bishop of youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The bishop talked about problems of Copts in Egypt and the church’s relation with Coptic activists in the West.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2007
Bishop Mūsá enjoys great popularity among youth and young bishops but faces opposition from senior bishops.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Pope Shenouda returns to Egypt to put an end to rumors about his deteriorated health condition while Counselor Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb submits a request to President Mubārak to change the regulations on electing the Coptic patriarch.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Pope Shenouda ignored all questions about his illness during his sermon at St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2007
Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá asserted that Copts enjoy more freedom of religion than Muslims, in a symposium organized by the Scientific and Culture Association.
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Bishop Maximus sent a letter to Pope Shenouda asking him to reconcile and to sign a protocol of understanding with him.