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45. Story of 5 kidnapped children in Asiyūt ends with the apology of Dr. Chic
Date of source: 20 Apr 2010
By Ḍuḥā Ṣāliḥ
A taxi driver helped prevent 5 children from being abducted by a servant. Although the kidnapping has been established, the doctor for whom the servant worked closed the case with an apology to the children’s families. Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ reports on the incident because it believes such things to be...
40. New Law Threatens 27,000 NGOs
Date of source: 21 Apr 2010
By Mamduh ‘Izzat
Egyptian society has witnessed great controversy from the ratification of a new law organizing the roughly 27,000 NGOs in Egypt. Despite the existence of some supporters, the majority of Egyptians voiced objection, stressing that this could represent a governmental attempt to rid Egypt of volunteer...
39. Who does Bishop Bishūy represent?
Date of source: 21 Apr 2010
By Jamāl As'ad
Jamāl As‘ad, a Coptic layman, wonders how Coptic Christians can participate in politics and elections while many Christian religious figures insist on being both spiritual and political leaders, and dictate who Copts should vote for. He questions if the constitution, the law and the Church canon...
44. Rafīq Habīb
Date of source: 22 Apr 2010
Labīb criticizes Rafīq Habīb’s continuous advocating for the Muslim Brotherhood to rise up to power after Mubārak in Egypt. He also criticizes his ongoing promotion of the outlawed group that, according to Labīb, lacks all measures of democracy and principles of citizenship.   Labīb further...
1. Editorial
Date of source: 5 Jul 2010
By Tom Trewinnard
 When Hossām Bahjat, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, introduced his organization’s Two Years of Sectarian Violence report, he was quick to emphasize that this report was not merely a summary of the sectarian incidents which had taken place over the last two years...
12.The violence against Copts in the past two years
In his article, Khalīl focuses on the recent report of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights concerning sectarian violence in Egypt over the last two years. Khalīl points out that 51 sectarian incidents were against Copts, one was against Bahā’īs and one against Muslims. The report is thus...
39. A history of religious discrimination
Date of source: 14 Feb 2010
By Yūsuf Sīdhum
 The year 2006 saw the launching of the website of Assiut University. It was a welcome addition to the cyberworld by one of Egypt’s top tier universities, especially since the site provided considerable information. Included were statistics about the number of students enrolled but—amazingly—they...
38. I am Egyptian
Date of source: 14 Feb 2010
By Nādir Shukrī
 Since it is involved with sentiments of good and beauty, art is a means of assuring worthy social values, and it is an invitation for freedom. “I am Egyptian” is the motto used by the Association for Preserving Egyptian Heritage (APEH) for its activities in 2010, which began with an exhibition on...
40. Copts in the press: That all-enveloping religiosity
Date of source: 14 Feb 2010
By Rūbīr Fāris /Robeir al-Fāris (Robert al-Fares)
 Our reading of the Cairo papers this week takes us to several major issues.  The first was the apparition of the Holy Virgin above the domes of her church in Warraq, Giza, which gave rise to many a story about her in the press. In his daily column in the Cairo daily, State-owned Al-Ahram Anis...
14. Arbaeen Mass in Nag Hammadi
Date of source: 14 Feb 2010
By Nādir Shukrī
 Next Tuesday, the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi celebrates the Arbaeen Mass, which is held to commemorate the fortieth day after death—a ritual dating back to pharaonic times and echoing 40 days of the mummification process. Pope Shenouda III is delegating his secretary Anba Yu’annis to...
3. “United Nations and International Court of justice not objective about Israel”
Date of source: 12 Feb 2010
By Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
 THE HAGUE - The ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the so-called security barrier between Israel and the West Bank in 2004 was politically motivated, says Dr. M. De Blois, lecturer in the theory of law at the University of Utrecht, in his book “Israel: a state in...
7. Hasan al-Bannā’s messages to Copts: Emphasize national unity & the important position of Christianity in the heart of Egypt
Date of source: 13 Feb 2010
By ‘Imad Sayyid Ahmad
 The fourth section in a book, written by Hasan al-Bannā, includes a number of messages exchanged between the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood and others [Editor: The title of the book is ‘Min Wathāiq al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn al-Majhūlah’ ‘From the unknown documents of the Muslim Brotherhood’]. Among...
11. Using religion
Date of source: 13 Feb 2010
By No Author Mentioned
 This article comments on the fatwá issued by shaykh Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Haddād in Dubai, regarding the misuse of prostration by athletes on sports fields, as it does not fulfill its basic religious elements. The author highlights that such fatwás belittle the value of religion.   Prof. Mustafá...
15. Release order
Date of source: 28 Feb 2010
By Nādir Shukrī
Last Wednesday, the public prosecutor ordered the release of the 19 detainees—15 of whom are young Coptic men and four Muslims—who were arrested and detained following the Nag Hammadi Christmas Eve crime last January. Six Copts and one Muslim had lost their lives in a drive-by shooting as the...
2. Egyptian intellectual Abu Zayd passes away
Press review based on al-Sharq al-Awsat (p. 2) (July 6); al-Dustūr (pp. 7, 11), (July 6, 7); al-Shorūq al-Jadīd (pp. 1, 14, 14) (July 6, 8); al-Hayāt (pp. 1, 6) (July 6); Rose al-Yūsuf newspaper (pp. 1-17, 1, 3, 4) (July 6, 7); al-Misrī al-Yawm (pp. 1-6, 6, 4, 5, 16) (July 6, 7, 8); al-Wafd (p.1) (...
1. Egypt's top court suspends ruling allowing Christians to remarry
Date of source: 8 Jul 2010
By ‘Imād al-Sayīd
 Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday passed a ruling to suspend an earlier decision handed down by the High Administrative Court obliging Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church to remarry divorcee Majdī William Yūsuf.   The pope went to the Supreme Constitutional Court...
2. Reporting about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt: Some remarks following 15 years working in Egypt
Date of source: 9 Jun 2010
By Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
 I would like to thank Dr. Nadia Mustafa for inviting me to speak about my experiences in Arab-West and Muslim-Christian understanding in Egypt. I would like to thank you, distinguished guests, for being present. When I was asked to give this lecture I had no idea that it would be only days after...
3. Sexual harassment against Arabian Nights
  Press review based on al-Musawwar (pp. 48-56) A complaint has been lodged by a group of 10 lawyers calling themselves "Lawyers Without Borders" [not the official organization Lawyers without Borders] against both Dr. Ahmad Mujāhid, head of Egypt's General Authority for Cultural Palaces [GACP],...
4. German minister of Turkish decent creates fuss with demand for the removal of crucifixes from public schools
Date of source: 27 Apr 2010
By Īskandar al-Dīk
German minister of Turkish decent Aygül Özkan raised hue and cry after demanding the removal of all crucifixes from public schools; Özkan substantiates her demand with the German constitution’s requirement that all official institutions be neutral towards various religions. The Church and...
5. Muslims and Copts exchange recriminations over conversion
Date of source: 28 Apr 2010
By Hānī Samīr
Coptic Christians have been accusing the officials in the Hall of Conversion to Islam at the Azhar Mosque of easing conversion from Christianity to Islam. They say it is “in defiance of the law that requires the observance of certain steps to make sure that persons seeking conversion to Islam have...

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