Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Administrative Judiciary Court refused to recognize Max Michel as the patriarch of a Coptic Orthodox Church declaring that Pope Shenouda III is the only patriarch for Orthodox Copts. The execution of the ruling will imply the annulment of the identity card that had been issued by the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The article reviews features of celebrations of Egyptian Christians for the occasion of Easter.
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2008
The author describes the friendship between the imām of al-Nūr mosque and the bishop of Hilwān.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The article reports on the security harassments the banned Muslim Brotherhood has been subjected to just weeks prior to the upcoming local council elections.
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2008
The article discusses reactions to a recent Supreme Administrative Court ruling which forces the Coptic Orthodox Church to allow Copts that have been divorced through civil courts to re-marry.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The first Coptic conference was held in Cairo in the presence of representatives of Coptic expatriates’ organizations and other national figures. The conference called for effectuating citizenship rights and denounced all forms of discrimination.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The People’s Assembly approved the draft law banning demonstrations in Egyptian houses of worship. The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the vote and withdrew from the session, and the Minister of Endowments asserted that houses of worship are inviolable.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The article comments on a Supreme Administrative Court ruling to allow 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later returned to Christianity to reclaim their legal rights as Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled last weekend in favor of 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later reverted to their original Christianity and were officially accepted in the Church, and wished to claim their legal rights as Christians. While Christian public and human and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2008
The article reports on the statements of Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights and chairman of the upcoming first conference on Coptic grievances to be held in Egypt.