Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2005
Watani’s editorial on 24 April dealt with the not – so – uncommon ‘ error’ committed by civil register officials, when they register Christian citizens in the new computerized official documents as Muslims, then penalize the victims of the errors by sending them on arduous wild- goose errands to...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
Next Saturday, Egypt will witness an event that radiates national unity. Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda, Sheikh of Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Mufti of the Republic, Ali Goma’a will come together in a hall at the Police Academy in Abassiya to attend the discussion of Dr. Nabil...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 2004
My study titled “Hoqoq wa wagebat Al-Maseheen fi Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya” [the Duties and rights of Christians in the Islamic state], tackled some of the problems Copts in Egypt face, and I have also mentioned scientific solutions that would maintain the balance of the government and the inherited...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible
means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners,
including its Jewish head. Four of the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2004
We are in dire need of an Egyptian civil body to unite Egyptians, Muslims and Christians and protect us from similar sorrowful events. Such a body would interfere to contain problems once they sprout, preventing them from exploding. It is time to activate and consolidate the criteria of civil...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2004
In his December 22, 2004 sermon at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsiya, Pope Shenouda III said he went into seclusion in order to serve Copts and help solve their problems.
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2004
Last Wednesday, Pope Shenouda III was back in Cairo following a two-week retreat at Anba Bīshouī Monastery in Wādī al-Natroun in the Western Desert, spent in prayers and meeting with some 1,800 of the clergy. Editor AWR: some clergy told AWR that the pope also presented his view on the issue of ...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
The Church’s non-recognition of civil divorce and its subsequent refusal to authorize marriage for a second time
is in fact a very sensitive issue and must be settled once and for all.
The problem facing Christians is due to an
absence of dialogue and intellectual liaison between the Church and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Words are mightier than the sword. They are the
weapons that the enemies use to spread rumors and undermine the stability of an unruffled country. This is the explanation
for what has been happening for the last few days when rumors spread about a bomb in the campus of cAyn Shams University.
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2005
Christmas comes this year as we lick the wounds of 2004, and look forward to a new year that would bring in peace, calm, and stability.