Date of source: Saturday, December 24, 2005 to Friday, December 30, 2005
The calls to revive the Coptic language are opposed by those who fear that this may cause the total social isolation of the Copts inside Egyptian society.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
A critique of the controversial work of researcher Yustina Saleh on the 2nd article of the Egyptian constitution, which states that sharī‘a is the main source of law.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2005 to Friday, December 23, 2005
In an interview with Rose al-Yousuf, editor-in-chief of al-Katība al-Tībīya (the Theban legion) and Pastor of the Virgin Mary and Pope Kyrillos Church, Father Mityās Nasr Mankarius speaks out on the aims of the controversial magazine.
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The decision is a historic one for President Mubārak as it is an attempt to deepen the concept of citizenship and equality and came in response to those who allege that Copts are concerned about the Brotherhood’s coming to power and would leave Egypt in this case.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Memories of Dr. Otto Meinardus, and the position he took between two cultures, particularly in relation to his stance on Coptic Orthodox traditions.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2005
This is a translation of an article about the work of the Center for Arab-West Understanding from the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.
Editor AWR: This article is very sharp. Senior editor Eildert Mulder has used formulations that Hulsman would never have used, but this is related to Mulder’s own...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
A discussion of the reaction of the Egyptian press to the events in Alexandria, where Muslims demonstrated against a play, produced by the Mar Girgis Church, that they considered offensive to Islam.
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2005
The T.V. channel, Aghābī, will start transmission on November 14, the 34th anniversary of the ascent to the Papal Chair of Pope Shenouda III. The channel will be headed and supervised by the Pope together with a committee comprising 114 Church members, metropolitans and bishops of the Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Businessman Hānī ‘Azīz organized a national unity suhour banquet, to which he invited a number of Muslim and Christian men of religion.
Date of source: Monday, January 9, 2006
The two questions (Does the Bible contain scientific errors? and: Has the text of the Bible been corrupted?) are asked in different contexts and have different aims; therefore they should be distinguished. They reveal different stances on critical methodology of modern science applied to sacred...