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50. Committees on political participation or church participation
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The author, Jamāl As‘ad, criticizes the idea of establishing a committee attached to the Coptic Orthodox Church that aims at providing courses on political participation for the Coptic youth. As‘ad believes that by doing this the church is seeking a role in politics, although it has not served its...
42. The president rejects Pope Shenouda’s nominations of the Shurá Council’s appointees
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
The relationship between the ruling party presided by President Mubārak and Pope Shenouda reached an impasse after Mubārak ignored a request submitted by Pope Shenouda to appoint three Copts in al-Shūrá Council.
41. Coptic Church made a plan to escalate against the regime after Copts were excluded from the Shurá Council
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
Outrage and a desire for revenge against the regime prevailed within the church after the regime broke its promise to allocate a number of seats to the Copts in the Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections.
40. Reconciliation meetings can not extinguish the fire of al-Dikhilah sedition
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
The sectarian sedition which occurred in Alexandria and moved from Muharram Bik to al-‘Asāfrah and al-Jaysh Street in al-Dikhīlah could also move to other places if the individuals responsible are not exposed and punished.
39. Wat&#803ani seeks the church’s opinion on the unified draft law for building houses of worship…Expectations of a reunion soon between the pope and NDP party leaders
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Sources close to Pope Shenouda asserted that the pope had received a phone call from a senior leader of the National Democratic Party to consult him on the issue of the unified draft law for building houses of worship.
27. Releasing the suspected in the Virgin Mary Church incidents in al-Dikhilah
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
The Elementary Court in Alexandria releases the seven suspected in al-Dikhīlah sectarian violence incidents. Moderate of both sides held a reconciliation session at the end of which they issued recommendations to avoid any similar incidents in the future.
61. Tribal and racial tension between families and the Bedouin tribes in Qina
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Policemen used tear gas to separate the angry protestors sparked by a decision to repeat the elections between two nominees in Qinā one of the nominees represented the Bedouins and was nominated by the ruling National Democratic Party, and the other was an independent nominee, also a member of the...
57. Marqus Nakhlah, secretary of councils at the National Democratic Party: Pope Shenouda is sad and Copts are angry. Church leadership suggested Copts boycott the elections
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Coptic independent nominee to the Shūrá Council’s elections Marqus Nakhalah reveals incidents of falsification in the favor of the nominee of the ruling national Democratic Party.
55. On the Shurá elections
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.
43. Father Philopater is back by a pardon of Pope Shenouda five months earlier than the official date of the end of penalty
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2007
Father Philopater, former member of al-Ghad political party of the Egyptian opposition was sustained as a priest following his strong worded articles against the Egyptian regime. Pope Shenouda issued a remission five months prior to the official end of the penalty.

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