Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The article investigates the
relationship between Egyptian churches and ways of healing black magic, as
thousands of Muslims and Christians
visit certain churches everyday to seek relief from evil spirits
allegedly haunting them.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
Father Marqus ‘Azīz comments on the
sectarian-based
crime in Alexandria and blames it on the authorities, media and Islamic writers.
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2006
The four accepted Gospels of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John portray Judas Iscariot as a traitor who betrayed Jesus Christ to the Romans for money. A new gospel called "The Gospel of Judas Iscariot” has been unveiled by the National Geographic Society and it gives a new and...
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf newspaper conducts an interview with the well-known Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl of the Hanging Church, discussing his 24-year experience as a priest.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
Coptic intellectuals are divided over the step taken by Coptic activists in the West to discuss the Coptic file before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. Some believe that such step is the only possible action in order to attract the government’s attention to the problems of Copts,...
Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2006
A symposium on "the secularization of the state," organized under the aegis of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, has turned into a Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood debate on canceling the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which makes Islam the state religion, and Islamic sharī‘a the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The author wonders about priests’ private businesses and the view that clergymen have to be fully devoted to the duties and responsibilities of priesthood.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
The author offers a brief a review of a television program that hosted a number of Muslim and Coptic figures discussing several critical issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Some Egyptians believe that there are sufficient churches in Egypt, while others think that there should be more churches, arguing that there are some villages with a Coptic majority and not even a single church.
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
I have never laughed as I did when I read the article that archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz, pastor of the Hanging Church, published in reply to an article by journalist Muhammad al-Bāz entitled ‘How can he face his followers when he curses? How dare he carry the cross on his chest when he lies?...