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The Coptic Orthodox Church thanks security agencies as priest’s wife Kāmilyā returns home after five-day absence

Week: 30

Article summary:

Angry protests by Coptic Christians demanding the return of 25-year-old Kāmilyā Shihāta Zākhir, the wife of Priest Tadāwus Sam^cān, the pastor of Mar Girgis Church in Deir Mwās , al-Minya, fizzled out as state security handed her over to the Church.

Egypt's top court suspends ruling allowing Christians to remarry

Week: 27

Article summary:

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday passed a ruling to suspend an earlier decision handed down by the High Administrative Court obliging Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church to remarry divorcee Majdī William Yūsuf.

Egyptian intellectual Abu Zayd passes away

Week: 27

Article summary:

Egyptian intellectual Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, who is likely to remain a symbol of the showdown between rationality and fundamentalism in Egypt, passed away on July 5, 2010 at the age of 67.

World Cup Role Reversal

Week: 24

Article summary:

Jayson Casper reflects on his experience watching the football world cup in an Egyptian cafe.

Copts rally in support of Shenouda: Details and reflection

Week: 24

Article summary:

Arab-West Report covers Coptic protests over the Supreme Administrative Court decision obliging the church to remarry divorcees. Jayson Casper offers his reflection on the demonstrations.

Mubarak, Shenouda and Jesus: Remarriage on whose authority?

Week: 23

Article summary:

Jayson Casper reports from a press conference held by Pope Shenouda dealing with the recent controversy over remarriage. Shenouda reiterates his statement that the Coptic Orthodox Church will refuse to implement the Supreme Administrative Court ruling obliging the church to remarry divorcees.

The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic public vs the Supreme Administrative Court ruling

Week: 23

Article summary:

A comprehensive review of reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling obliging the Coptic Orthodox Church to remarry divorcees under any circumstance. Copts have shown their support for Pope Shenouda’s stance against the ruling by signing numerous petitions and by demonstrating at the Papal residence in al-^cAbbāsīyah. The review also touches on the legal implications of the ruling for the church, mentioning a possibility that the implementation of the ruling be postponed or that the church could ask for an annulment.

According to Coptic Orthodox Church records, only four thousand Orthodox Copts have filed for divorce

Week: 23

Article summary:

The following article is a review of an interview with Pope Shenouda III in al-Ahrām after the controversial court ruling that gave divorced Copts the right to a second marriage, regardless of church rules.

The Coptic Orthodox Church will not violate the Bible for a judicial ruling

Week: 22

Article summary:

The Church confirms its refusal to authorize second marriage for divorced Copts, in spite of a ruling in the Supreme Administrative Court obliging the church to allow remarriage. Pope Shenouda stated that nothing on Earth can force the church to violate its doctrine or Biblical teachings. Legal figures assert that the ruling is not binding to the church.

Pope Shenouda: the Coptic Orthodox Church will not give up its regulation concerning the second marriage after divorce

Week: 22

Article summary:

Responding to the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling, Pope Shenouda asserted the Church’s adherence to Biblical legislations regardless of other conditions.

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Week	Article number/title
16	1. Editorial
16	2. Belgium Moves Closer to Burqa Ban
16	3. People’s right to criticize religion… In public
16	4. Christian families in Baghdad worry about their future
16	5. Prof. Silīm al-^cAwā: The aim of dialogue between Islamic and Western ideology is co-existence not preaching
16	6. Zaqzūq to the Ministry of Endowments leadership: Offending Copts is a red line that should not be crossed
16	7. Divine Lightening as a Response to Wahhābism 2/2
16	8. Sayyid Qutb’s views: He considers today’s Muslims kāfirs [unbelievers], he calls for the dissolution of loyalty to rulers of Muslim countries, he accuses the whole world of being jāhilīs
16	9. Abolishing jizyah
16	10. Sectarian violence in 17 Egyptian governorates over the past two years

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**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Arab-West Report

1. Editorial

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Religious freedom and freedom of expression

2. Belgium Moves Closer to Burqa Ban
3. People’s right to criticize religion… In public

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Relations between the Arab and Islamic world and the non-Arab and non-Islamic world

4. Christian families in Baghdad worry about their future
5. Prof. Silīm al-^cAwā: The aim of dialogue between Islamic and Western ideology is co-existence not preaching

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Developments in Islam in the Arab world

6. Zaqzūq to the Ministry of Endowments leadership: Offending Copts is a red line that should not be crossed
7. Divine Lightening as a Response to Wahhābism 2/2
8. Sayyid Qutb’s views: He considers today’s Muslims kāfirs [unbelievers], he calls for the dissolution of loyalty to rulers of Muslim countries, he accuses the whole world of being jāhilīs
9. Abolishing jizyah

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Developments in Muslim-Christian relations in the Arab world

10. Sectarian violence in 17 Egyptian governorates over the past two years
11. Two years of sectarian violence
12.The violence against Copts in the past two years
14. A Coptic man converts to Islam to marry the woman he loves
13. No sectarian fitnah in Egypt until now… But is fitnah wanted by all of Egypt?
15. A Coptic researcher comments on the 37 presidential decrees issued concerning church building since 2005, and not the 138 that Mufīd Shihāb alleged
16. The trial of the suspects of Naj^c Hammādī postponed again to May 16
17. Muslim Musicians Participate in Easter Show
18. Zaydān: The Influence of Legends Makes Christians Believe that God Came to Save Humanity… No Medicine has saved us and He is Above

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Dialogue

19. Dā^ciyahs of the Ministry of Endowments and pastors meet in a book

**C l a s s i f i c a t i o n**: Education in the Arab world

20. Afraid to know

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