Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The governor of Al-Fayyum cancels the contract to build 5000 houses for the youth with Orascom Company.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The author states that the church has become a state within a state in which it has its private rules and laws.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
On Wednesday, Coptic reaction to the church bombing was once again a primary focus for Egyptian editorialists. This time, much of the coverage focused on statements by some expatriate Coptic organizations and leaders who have called for a Coptic Christian state to be established in Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
As time passes, coverage of the aftermath of the New Year's Day explosion in Alexandria at the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter has receded somewhat. Press reports on the investigation are frequently contradictory...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The author writes: "In what can be regarded as a new challenge, lighting the fuse of a crisis in Egypt between Muslims and Copts, there have been reports that a church leader (said to be Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl of the Hanging Church) has produced a film injurious to Islam and its Prophet (...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The author says the "misguided Fatwá issued by Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, the Muftī of Dubai, permitting men to use powder and lipstick can only be described as a homosexual Fatwá that departs from the true Muslim faith."
The Azhar, for its part, has denounced this type of Fatwá, whereas some have...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
This article is critical of the attitude of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Shenouda III regarding various issues.
"Until ten years ago, the church was stable and able to create equilibrium in the arena of events, whether these were between the Church and the state or between Christians and...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Politicians and experts agree that President Husnī Mubārak's appointment of seven Copts among the ten appointees to the People's Assembly represents an attempt to compensate the Copts for their lack of success in the recent elections, which saw only three Coptic candidates elected.
Kamāl Zākhir,...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
According to sources, the Muslim Brotherhood's resumption of support for Muhammad al-Barād‘ī is a reaction to the failure of the group's deal with the president's National Democratic Party over the recent parliamentary elections.
Before the elections, television channel al-Jazeera asked Dr....