Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2007
A recent episode of ’al-Haqīqah,’ broadcast on Dream channel, provoked angry reactions within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The minorities’ conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland from March 24 to 26, 2007. The conference, attended by representatives of about ten minorities groups in the Middle East, came out with a final declaration of the foundation of an organization for defending women and minorities in the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 29, 2007
The article represents the different viewpoints of the Muslims and Copts regarding Coptic-Muslim relations in Egypt and the political agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2007
Al-Fajr reports about Timothy Garton Ash’s response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s attacks on Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Al-Maydān presents the script of a recorded CD of one of Bishop Bīshūy’s conferences. In the conference, Bishop Bīshūy considers all non-Orthodox Christians and Muslims to be heretics that are going to hell.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
A Christian employee at the Civil Registry was accused of manipulating data to ignite sectarian strife after she wrote ’’Christian’’ on the identity card of a Coptic woman who had converted to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
The article outlines the recent documentary ’The Lost Tomb of Jesus’ and some of the activities that have been taking place concerning the promotion of the documentary. It also questions the finding of the scientific expedition to find the actual tomb and interviews a number of people opposed to...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
The article discusses three recent books that cover a number of topics that focus on religion. The authors that are discussed include Patricia Hampl, Richard Dawkins and Matthew Kneale.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Ministry of Interior has not applied the laws regulating conversion to Islām since 2004. Consequently, all conversions that have taken place since then are invalid. The father of a converted teenager raises this question in his lawsuit against the minister of interior, minister of justice, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
CIDT answers questions from the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal concerning the forced conversion of Copts to Islām in Egypt.