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Many Egyptian Copts, whether educated or illiterate, believe in the blessings of saints… A girl, although has a bachelor degree in pharmacology, keeps a glass of water mixed with sand, known as "Father Yassa’s holy sand", in her bedroom. She drinks this water everyday although these beliefs have no...
The Church is at a critical point and state, and the negative repercussions of such a state are creating fierce defensive reactions accusing those opening such portfolio traitors, heretics, and perpetrators. The patience and negligence of such internal problems led to an avalanche of events and...
Watani has been closely following the draft unified law for building places of worship, now under consideration by Parliament. The law was proposed by Mr Mohamed Guwaily, and was referred by the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Fathi Sorour, to the parliamentary committee for suggestions and...
Amidst a religious crisis that is still taking its toll on the country due to the announced conversion of a Coptic priest’s wife, a member of Parliament said the Egyptian parliament is to debate the reported sectarian incidents in the governorates of Al-Beheira and Assiut.
Last week witnessed wrathful demonstrations of thousands of Copts who conducted a five-day sit-in at the premises of St Mark’s cathedral at Abassiya, Cairo, which is also the papal seat. They were demanding the return of a priest’s wife who had disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and who,...
Last week’s editorial discussed at length the explosion of the pent-up anger of the Copts in Assiut, Upper Egypt, at their continued suffering from grievances long shelved by the authorities. I wrote that Assiut was no exception among Egypt’s Coptic communities. The week's events unexpectedly...
The clerical council of Assiut is expected to issue a public statement to explain maters since the file on the problems of the building and restoration of churches and the preservation of religious sites in Assiut was opened last week. It is hoped that all evidence of the implication of local...
The long pent – up in Assiut finally exploded last week. For anyone close to the events, this came as no surprise. In fact it was bound to happen as long as religious discrimination was left unchecked, allowed to spread without the slightest attempt at any correction or cure, and as long as...
Al-Ahali has received serious information concerning some attempts to incite sectarian strife in Assiut Governorate. Some of Assiut’s inhabitants and several priests are accusing the head of the local council of Durunka and a leading figure of the National Party, who is a member of the extremist...
Like an ice ball, sectarian sedition feeds on all it encounters en route, thus growing larger and more threatening to national unity in Egypt, read a feature by Al-Arabi! A few days back, sectarian sedition flames came to the surface in Assiut with one of the National Democratic Party NDP leaders...
It is agreed on that the route taken by the Holy Family in Egypt is the utmost Christian tourism of the world. What 1500 million Christians know about it, is limited to what they read in the book of Matthew. Driven by curiosity, tourists from Europe and America will come and that will represent...
On the occasion of the anniversary of Pope Shenouda’s enthronement in the 14th of November, we congratulate His Holiness and ourselves for the [spiritual] prosperity we’re witnessing in his time.
In his prime he joined the Orthodox Clerical College graduated in 1972. During his final year in college, Max Michel found out that the studies he received from the clergy have not satiated him. He went to the church of Al-Gharbiya and became a servant there until 1976, the year that saw his...
Christians believe that Al-Muharraq monastery is the holiest location to which the Holy Family resorted. The tourism value of Al-Muharraq monastery is not less than that of the pyramids. That is why we should give it the concern it deserves.
Souzī al-Jindī argues that there is no problem when groups offer hard-line platforms, as long as they do not seek to impose their agendas through violence and murder.
Adopting President Mubārak’s decree on church-making decisions, governor of Asyout, Ahmad Hammām has set up two archives for church renovation requests.
An examination of why only 20 percent of eligible voters took part in Egypt’s elections, and why so many voted for Islamist candidates.
Kamāl Zākhir Mousa stresses the need for reform within the Egyptian Orthodox Church, which, according to him, has started to take a more political rather than spiritual approach towards many issues related to the Egyptian Coptic community.
A look at the various reasons for Coptic candidates’ failure in the elections, such as the church’s endorsement of candidates and the fundamentally sectarian basis on which they often enter the race.
The author criticizes the externalization of the Copts’ problems and provides a guide for solving these problems. He also discusses the issue of the renovation of churches and the reforms made by the present government in this matter.

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