Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2010
12-13 people were detained under alleged charges of Evangelization. Al-Misrī al-Yawm was the only newspaper to report on the release of the detained today.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
A convert to Islam accuses Pope Shenouda of provoking Church leaders to bother her.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ reports on the failure of Mustafá al-Fiqī to solve disputes between Zaydān and Christians.
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A number of expatriate Copts called for the establishment of a Coptic Parliament. The idea was regarded as sectarian and against national unity. It has also faced both Church and public rejection; three denominations in Egypt rejected the idea.
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Extremists’ campaigns are growing over a project to develop religious education and modify theological textbooks inside schools in a bid to render religious curricula more tolerant and accepting of the others, through the emphasis on common values.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Al-Yawm al-Sābic reports on tensions between Muslims and Christians in the village of al-Mas‘ūdī in Asyut over the construction and repairs of a church steeple.
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Waves of official and intellectual protests against a symposium organized by al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ newspaper that hosted novelist and academic Yūsuf Zaydān, author of the controversial book “Azazel,” which angered the Coptic Orthodox Church and spurred many Christian clergymen and thinkers to sue him.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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In a new development, perhaps threatening researchers Dr. Sayyid al-Qimnī and Dr. Hassan Hanafī to strip them of their State Award of Appreciation in light of a lawsuit filed against them by Sheikh Yūsuf al-Badrī and Tharwat al-Kharabāwī, the Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Both the Church and human rights activists have lodged complaints against Yūsuf Zaydān, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's manuscripts center, after he published articles slandering the Christian religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
This is an article criticizing Pope Shenouda’s decision to meet with defense lawyers in the Najc Hammādī trial.