Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2008
The article describes the events of the first Coptic Studies Symposium that was recently held at the University of Toronto.
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a controversial ruling that guarantees Christian divorcees the right to a second marriage. The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects the ruling and declares that there is no authority on Earth that can oblige the church to go against their conscience....
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Michael ‘Ādil reports on the statements of leading bishops in the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod who warned priests of the consequences of committing mistakes in carrying out their priestly tasks, threatening them that they would be subject to firm church trials.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
AWR visited Father Mattá to hear about the sectarian violence in Jabal al-Tayr, Minia.
Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm interviewed Bishop Bīshūy, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, coordinator of the laymen’s conference, has reportedly criticized the Secretary of the Holy Synod Bishop Bīshūy for exploiting the ongoing church’s conference on doctrine in al-Fayyūm to settle old scores.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on the statements of Bishop Bīshūy, secretary-general of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod and bishop of Damietta, about Israel’s policies towards Christianity and Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Further incidents of sectarian sedition arise in al-Fayyūm following the destruction of a wall. Debates have been raised as to if the original building at the center of the controversy had been a church, or a school.
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A defrocked pastor and his son pass themselves off as Evangelical pastors and issue distorted conversion and marriage documents.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on the recent Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections. He believes that the coverage of the election was mediocre, and that poor press coverage of events is helping to further distance the concept of citizenship.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Victor Wahīb Fām was the only Coptic candidate who ran for the Shūrá Council elections of al-Fayyūm governorate, but security pressure forced him to concede his candidacy in favor of the National Democratic Party candidate Hānī Sayf al-Naṣr.