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Muhammad al-Bāz writes that it was a good move by the Muslim Brotherhood's murshid [guide], Muhammad Badī', to send a letter to the Coptic Pope Shenouda wishing him well after his health trip.    
The report says that a Coptic woman brought a case seeking dissolution of her marriage on the grounds that her husband is impotent and she still is a virgin. The husband initially took the matter lightly, as he knew he was not impotent and that he had ongoing sexual relations with his wife. He...
The factors lead to Pope Shenouda’s statement considering civil marriage as adultery are as follows: Although he is not specialized in theology, he does not accept any interpretations of the Bible other than his; he is aware of his power and is certain that none may call him into account, even the...
Muhammad talks about one of the chants heard at November's ‘Umrāniyyah riots: “Army of Christ, let us move forward!” He says he first heard the slogan on a website supporting converts to Christianity, at the time thinking it was a nice slogan. However, Muhammad says that Christians in the riot case...
Muhammad says that al-Qā‘idah has chosen to fight the Egyptian Church instead of any of its many other enemies around the world. However, he points out that the terrorist group is a bit late to the party, as many Islamists have been treating the Wafā’ Constantine and Kāmīliyā Shihātah cases as...
The reason behind the controversy surrounding Bishop Bīshūy's statements regarding the Qur'an is that they were made by Bishop Bīshūy, whose relationship with the press is infamous, rather than any other bishop, in which case the comments would have been completely disregarded. Bīshūy, despite...
The article talks about Father Marqus ‘Azīz setting up a satellite channel called al-Rajā‘, which allegedly does its best to stir fitnah tā’ifīyah. He allegedly used to appear on the channel calling for the evacuation of the occupying Arab Muslims from Egypt. The article points out that he has...
Pope Shenouda III and Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī were both victims of Presdident Muhammad Anwar al-Sadāt’s mass disputes with public figures. The President sent Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī to a maximum security prison for criticizing the first lady. Yet Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī is now using al-Sadāt’s...
The video of Kamilia Shehata denying her conversion to Islam was broadcast last Wednesday on the Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ website. The video was shot at a church near the House of Consecrates where Kamilia now resides under the Pope’s direct supervision. Only three people other than the camera crew were...
Al-Bāz analyzes the consequences of Pope Shenouda’s strict decision concerning visiting Jerusalem.

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