Date of source: Thursday, April 2, 2009
A Coptic expatriates’ conference was held over two days in Virginia in the presence of
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
A number of critics have commented on Yūsuf Zaydān’s controversial ‘Azāzīl and
highlighted the difference between artistic and historical arguments.
Date of source: Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Coptic Catholic and Evangelical Churches have
commented on Pope Shenouda’s decision to prohibit Orthodox Copts from praying in churches belonging to other
denominations.
Date of source: Monday, April 6, 2009
Monks of Saint Macarius Monastery are divided into three
groups after the resignation of Metropolitan Mīkhā’īl.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The article reports
on the new television church Maximus intends to establish.
Date of source: Friday, April 3, 2009
Pope Shenouda has prevented
monks from using mobile phones and considers praying in a non-Orthodox church to be wrong.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The recent Bahā’ī jubilation following the Supreme Administrative Court ruling on March 16, 2009 which allows them to leave the religion box empty in their ID cards has been marred by an unprecedented sectarian attack against Bahā’ī’s houses in the Upper Egyptian village of al– Shūrānīyah in Sohag.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The security has succeeded in a reconciliation attempt
to prevent further potential sectarian strife in a village in Minia.
Date of source: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Islamic Azhar scholars consider the recent demands of the International Coptic Council to
abolish the second article of the Egyptian Constitution, they believe it sows sedition between Muslims and
Christians.
Date of source: Monday, April 6, 2009
Two sectarian tensions are reported; the first in Alexandria and the second
in a village in Minia.