Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Copts in Paris organized a demonstration during which demonstrators presented a petition to the Egyptian ambassador which called for less discrimination and more equality for Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Reviewer: Nuhayr ‘IsmatMuḥammad al-Bāz asks Bishop Basantī some question about the
corruption taking place in the Ḥilwān bishopric.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Michel Badī‘
‘Abd al-Malik reports on the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the death of Professor Rāghib
Habashī Muftāh, referring to his remarkable contribution in protecting the genuine spiritual heritage of the
liturgy of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
‘Ādil Jindī criticizes recent statements by ‘Ā’ishah
‘Abd al-Hādī, minister of labor and immigration, about the Coptic population in Egypt and their
possession of one third of the total national wealth. Jindī believed that the minister’s statements lacked
accuracy.
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2007
The Baptist Church is facing difficulties in obtaining authorization to establish houses of worship. The author
attributes the difficulties to its split from the Community Council of the Evangelical Church, the only Protestant body
recognized by the Egyptian government, and to its suspicious...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
For the first time in Egypt, the Synod of the Presbyterian
Church ordains a female presbyter. While figures from the Evangelical Church approve the ordination, Father Basīt of
the Coptic Orthodox Church says that women in the Orthodox Church perform the same function but without the official...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
While the author stresses the absence of dialogue between the different Christian
denominations in Egypt, religious figures maintain that there are existing mutual meetings and good relations between the
different denominations.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The article talks about the beliefs of Mormons and their relation with Egyptology and
Judaism.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
While Zionist
organizations accuse Pope Shenouda III of anti-Semitism, Muḥammad ‘Imārah accuses him of sparking sectarian
sedition. The author of the following lines wonders if the simultaneous attacks were coincidental.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author
calls on Father Marqus ‘Azīz of the Coptic Orthodox Church to add more clarity and transparency to his
discourse about political issues.