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35. The Church rejects the visit of the Olympic team to occupied Jerusalem
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By ‘Ādil ‘Azzām
The campaign against the visit of the Olympic football team to Jerusalem, to play a friendly match against the Palestinian team, was rejected by many groups. The spokesman of the Coptic Church, Bishop Marqus, announced the dissatisfaction of the Church concerning the visit. He also believes that...
37. The so-called Copt
Date of source: 15 Mar 2009
By Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Surūrī
During his visit to the United States, Majdī Khalīl, a Coptic activist and director of the Middle East Freedom Forum, made a statement in which he called upon the Jews of the United States to protect Copts against persecution in Egypt. He further called for them to intervene in order for Egypt to...
38. Expatriate Christians
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By Rajab al-Banna
“I met several times with Expatriate Christians,” Rajab al-Bannā starts his article, “in America, UK, and Germany. Their main complaint was that some press writings in Egypt exaggerate when they discuss the Coptic problem and this hurts their feelings.”   Al-Bannā then divided expatriate Christians...
45. Poverty increases … and social security networks are fragile because of Tā’ifī tension
Date of source: 17 Mar 2010
By Wāʾil ʿAlī
The National Council for Human Rights mentioned a number of hardships they faced while trying to do their job in 2009, similar to many other human rights organizations. In its 2009 report, the Council mentioned that there is a misunderstanding of the goal and mission of the organization. The...
42. Suspicions of foreign aid provided to NGOs
Date of source: 15 Mar 2010
By Maḥmūd Māhī
The file of foreign aid given to non-governmental organizations in Egypt is extremely controversial.   Ibrāhīm al-Tūkhī, executive manager of the General Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations and Foundations, said the Union does not deny the significance of monetary aid as a main funding...
39. Citizenship, politically yours
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By Yūsuf Sīdhum
Last February the bishopric of Shubral-Kheima, Qalyubiya, held a conference to discuss citizenship rights. The conference, which was sponsored by the bishop of Shubral-Kheima Anba Morqos, hosted Qalyubiya governor Adly Hussein, head of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee Mustafa al-Fiqi, head of...
40. In search of plurality
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By No Author Mentioned
The idyllic spot of Sharm al-Sheikh was the perfect place to host a conference under the title: “The Egypt in my heart…a future of diversity and interaction”. Organised earlier this month by the Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services (CEOSS), the conference included politicians,...
44. Christians of Iraq… a passionate history and an unknown future in exile
Date of source: 17 Mar 2010
By Su‘ād Jarous
The authors report on two Christian families, one in Iraq and the other in Syria, who suffer from harsh conditions and displacement. The family in Iraq states that they suffered from the tyranny of the previous Iraqi regime, and said that Christians have suffered through all the regimes that have...
41. Egypt rejects the US Secretary of State’s report on human rights conditions in Egypt
Press review based on Rose al-Yūsuf, March 14, 2010 (pp. 1, 2); al-Wafd, March 14, 2010 (p. 1); al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 14, 2010 (p. 5); a-Dustūr, March 13, 2010 (p. 3); al-Ahrār, March 14, 2010 (p. 1) Egypt has rejected the American report on human rights in Egypt.   Husām Zakī, the spokesman for...
43. Butrus Ghālī: The Copts’ problems will not be solved by hugs between a shaykh and a patriarch
Date of source: 16 Mar 2010
By Ḥamdī Sālim
“No one, all over the world, will be able to stand in the face of human rights” says Dr. Butrus Ghālī, the president of National Council for Human Rights, in his interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat. He believes that the human rights situation in Egypt has made positive progress over recent years, and...
47. High directives cancel the travel of the Olympic team to Jerusalem
Date of source: 14 Mar 2010
By Islām Sādiq
The National Sports Council settled an argument which rose concerning the travel of the Olympic football team to Jerusalem to play a friendly match against the Palestinian team. The council decided to postpone the match for an indefinite amount of time. The decision raised crucial objections from...
46. Security forces close the gates of al-Azhar mosque on the congregation protesting against the Israeli desecration of al-Aqsá mosque, and besiege thousands of demonstrators in the governorates
Date of source: 13 Mar 2010
By Sālih Ramadān
Protesting against the Israeli desecrations of al-Haram al-Qudsī and al-haram al-Ibrāhīmī, about two thousand demonstrators were detained inside al-Azhar mosque. The security forces locked the gates of the mosque, preventing the protesting congregation from getting outside. The demonstrators...
1. Editorial
Date of source: 7 Jun 2010
By Jayson Casper
 A few notable selections from Arab West Report this week have to do with the nature of sectarian tension in Egypt. While most would agree that Muslims and Christians live and have lived in peace and cooperation, these are also painfully aware of recent incidents of violence which threaten the...
21. A Christian’s right to second marriage
Date of source: 30 May 2010
By No Author Mentioned
The Supreme Administrative Court issued a ruling that guarantees divorced Christians’ right to a second marriage, and their right to get the needed Church approval.   The Court dismissed the appeal filed by Pope Shenouda against the Administrative Court’s ruling that approved the second marriage of...
22. Pope Shenouda: the Coptic Orthodox Church will not give up its regulation concerning the second marriage after divorce
Date of source: 31 May 2010
By Ashraf Sharaf
Responding to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling permitting divorced Copts to marry again, his Holiness Pope Shenouda III asserted that the Coptic Orthodox Church will not give up its current regulation that gives divorced people the right to a second marriage only in the case of proved...
24. According to Coptic Orthodox Church records, only four thousand Orthodox Copts have filed for divorce
Date of source: 4 Jun 2010
A recent Supreme Administrative Court ruling, which gives divorced Copts the right to second marriage, is still the subject of heated arguments, especially in Coptic circles. [See AWR hot issues published on May 31, 2010].   On June 4, 2010, Al-Ahrām published an interview with Pope Shenouda III...
2. A Coptic Intellectual on Religion and State in Egypt
Date of source: 1 May 2010
By Amīn Makram ʿUbayd (Dr.)
Introduction Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd reviewed Jayson Casper’s ZIVIK peace building paper. A report was later written by Jayson of what was discussed in the meeting. Amīn reviewed this report, adding in suggestions and thoughts.   Points of discussion about the paper were:-   1- Jayson inquired whether...
3. The religious institution… the Egyptian soft power
Date of source: 23 Mar 2010
By Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī
Egypt is characterized by the presence of al-Azhar al-Sharīf and the Egyptian Coptic Church. Both the late Grand Imām Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and Pope Shenouda are open-minded moderate illuminated religious figures.   Al-Azhar has been in service of moderate Islam, producing many grand Imāms. It...
6. The Church interferes in choosing the next shaykh of the Azhar … and priest ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt stresses: The relationship between the Grand Imām and Pope Shenouda should be close.
Date of source: 20 Mar 2010
By Michael Fāris
 Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church have witnessed a close relationship during the reign of Pope Shenouda, Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark, and Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, shaykh  of al-Azhar, who passed away recently. This close relationship of the religious institutions was due to the...
5. Coptic veto against the silent muftī
Date of source: 24 Mar 2010
By Nabīl ‘Abd al-‘Azīz
  The author argues that Copts had reservations against the selection of Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib as Grand Imām of the Azhar, succeeding the late Shaykh Tantāwī. Reservations were because al-Tayyib had never participated in any meetings that gathered Muslim and Christian religious leaders. Nor had he...

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