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19. Pope Shenouda calls for the trial of the inciters in the Naj‘ Hammādī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2010
By No Author Mentioned
While hosting head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate in Qena, Fathī Suwaynī, Pope Shenouda III called for punishing those who incited the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre, which took place on Coptic Christmas Eve on January 6th, 2010. Pope Shenouda III asserted that the culprits were not alone, and that others must...
3. Reconverts to Christianity waiting for a ruling
Date of source: 7 Mar 2010
The Supreme Administrative Court considered the appeal presented by Islamist lawyers in the cases of the Christian coverts to Islam who want to re-embrace Christianity. There are 12 rulings in this matter.   The Supreme Administrative Court had issued the rulings giving the right to the converts to...
16. Ayyūb officially called on Zaqzūq to send another renouncing violence delegation to Qena
Date of source: 8 Mar 2010
By Ashraf Abū al-Rīsh
General Majdī Ayyūb, governor of Qena, has sent a letter to Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, Egypt’s minister of endowments, calling on him to send another delegation renouncing sectarian violence to Qena.   Shaykh Shawqī ‘Abd al-Latīf, head of the religious department [Reviewer: No place mentioned] told...
38. Egyptian Muslim and Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Press review based on Rose -Yūsuf, March 6- 12, 2010 (pp. 44-46, 47, 48-49) In spite of Pope Shenouda’s recommendations for Copts not to go to Jerusalem under the Israeli occupation, hundreds of Copts apply every year to go to Jerusalem towards Easter time. A director of a traveling agency who...
30. Coptic organizations call on al-Barādi‘ī to establish a civil state for five million votes
Date of source: 8 Mar 2010
By Minnah Sharaf al-Dīn
A number of expatriate Coptic activists have announced their support for Muhammad al-Barādi‘ī’s nomination in the presidential elections scheduled for next year in Egypt.   In a related context, the American Coptic Association launched a group on Facebook under the title “Copts for al-Barādi‘ī for...
32. Al-Wafd newspaper and the goods damaged by passion
Date of source: 7 Mar 2009
By Sayyid al-Suwirki
People may agree or disagree concerning the achievements of the 1952 Revolution. However, the attempts of some feudalists, represented by some of the leaders of al-Wafd Party, to falsify history and defame the Revolution for the sake of revenge is not acceptable.   Al-Wafd committed an ethical and...
27. Copts call for a new regulation for the patriarchal election
Date of source: 7 Mar 2010
By Rūbīr Fāris /Robeir al-Fāris (Robert al-Fares)
Al-Fāris introduces a study entitled ‘Al-Batriyark al-Muntazar’ [The Expected Patriarch] by Dr. Mājid ‘Izzat Isrā’īl, who discusses the issue of electing the Orthodox Church pope based on various documents. In the first chapter of the book, the author writes about the sources of legislation in the...
26. 40 Orthodox Copts joining the Evangelical Church raises a new crisis
Date of source: 6 Mar 2010
By ʿAntar ʿAbd al-Laṭīf
The crisis following 40 Orthodox Copts joining the Evangelical Church renews the hidden conflict between the two churches. This situation violates the old agreement between Pope Shenouda of the Orthodox Church and Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Evangelical Church, which ensures that no Orthodox...
1. Editorial
Date of source: 18 May 2010
By Tom Trewinnard
This week, two of our articles taken from pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat focus on an issue in which CAWU has been heavily involved over recent years: Dutch politician Geert Wilders and his infamous film from 2008 ‘Fitna’.   In addition to his ongoing high-profile trial for hate speech in the...
30. Thirteen people detained for alleged evangelizing
Date of source: 24 Apr 2010
By Katia Saqqā
Press review based on al-Dustūr, May 24, (p. 1); al-Yawm al-Sābi‘, May 24, 2010 (p. 3); al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, April 24, 2010 (p. 3) While al-Shurūq al-Jadīd and al-Dustūr of today, May 24, 2010reported on the detention of 13 young people in Alexandria under charges of evangelization , al-Misrī al-...
4. "The American Religious Freedoms Committee": acquitting the accused of killing ‘Atā’ Allāh is a continuation of the absence of justice in sectarian issues
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By ‘Ula ‘Abd Allah
In its report issued the day before yesterday, the American Religious Freedoms Committee described the verdict acquitting the four Muslims accused of killing Copt Farūq ‘Atā’ Allāh during the late dispute between the Copts and the Muslims in Dayrūt, Asyut, as a continuation of the lack of justice...
5. Death of the Grand Imām
Press review based on Watanī, March 14, 2010 (p. 4) Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, Grand Imām, died last Wednesday after suffering from a severe heart attack during his visit to Saudi Arabia. Dr. Tantāwī was born in October 28, 1928 in Suhāj.   When asked about his relationship with Syakh Tantāwī,...
7. Celebrating Mother’s Day is harām
Press review based on al-Musawir, March 17, 2010 (p. 45 – 48) One of the fatwás that quickly spread on the internet was that of Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymayn, who said that all holidays other than Islamic ones are harām. He said that such holidays are novelties that were not known during the life of the...
8. Is it possible to apply the sharī‘ah? [10]
Date of source: 17 Mar 2010
By Jamāl al-Bannā (Dr.)
Applying the Islamic Sharī‘ah in present times means that there are many developmental aspects that must be dealt with. The fundamental basis behind this is that any written word in Islam, whether in the Qur’ān or Sunnah, was revealed or said for a distinct reason. However, sometimes incidents take...
9. Badī‘ wants the Copts to ally with the banned group, Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: 18 Mar 2010
By Farīda Muḥammad
When he became the leader of the legally banned Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Badī‘ appeared in the media asking the Copts to form a common group, and ally with the Muslim Brotherhood. He claims that the ruling system is in opposition with everyone, so the Copts inside and outside Egypt should call...
10. The Copts reject the invitation of Badī‘
Date of source: 18 Mar 2010
By Husām Sa‘dāwī
The Church leadership totally rejected the call advocated by the leader of the legally banned Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Badī‘, to form an opposing political bloc between the banned group and the Copts. Moreover, they considered his call during his first media appearance yesterday night a clear...
6. A moderate passes away
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By No Author Mentioned
Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque and the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s topmost theological institution, passed away last Wednesday of a heart attack while on a visit to Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Tantawi, who was 82, had been in Saudi Arabia to...
21. The Geography of religious tension
Date of source: 16 Mar 2010
By Samīr Murquṣ
Samīr Murqus starts his article by saying that whenever an incident takes place between Muslims and Christians, people analyze and think what the reasons behind it may be. “We thought,” he wrote, “that incidents like those of al-‘Ayyāt and Najc Hammādī would end such sectarian issues. However, we...
13. Roots of sectarian fitnah … Reasons and solutions
Date of source: 12 Mar 2010
By Mamdūh Dusūqī
Dr. Muhammad Abū al-Ghār is considered one of the most prominent figures who organized the March 9 Movement to defend the independence of the Egyptian University.   Q. There is public worry concerning the next presidential election. Why? A. People need new candidates. If we look at the current list...
28. New disputes between Muslims and Christians in Kafr al-Barbarī
Date of source: 18 Mar 2010
By Sālih Ramadān
Fights between Muslims and Christians are renewed in Kafr al-Barbarī village. The issue began as a result of some Christians inviting a number of journalists to film two houses set on fire last year, after the murder of Muhammad Ramadān ‘Izzat, 17 years old, by a Christian family. Residents of the...

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