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While refusing to comment on the Bishop Bīshūy controversy, businessman Najīb Sawīris harshly criticized Dr. Muhammad Selīm Al-<sup>c</sup>Awā whose articles for Al-Masrī Al-Yawm Newspaper were discontinued. Sawīris denied having anything to do with the decisión, which he claims is...
Dr. Muhammad Selīm El-<sup>c</sup>Awā writes that sectarian polemics only lead to hatred and that Muslims and Copts are destined to live together. Therefore, learning to do so peacefully is the only way to avoid Fitnah. He also said that Coptic religious figures should use the word...
Coptic activist Boulos Ramzī found himself protesting alone outside the Supreme Court against Bishop Bīshūy's statements regarding the Qur'ān. Ramzī claims many Protestants would have attended the protest if it weren't for Pope Shenouda’s orders. Reverend Rif<sup>c</sup>at Fikrī denied...
Several Orthodox bishops proceeded in attacks against the Protestant sect during a conference in Fayyoum yesterday. Bishop Bakhomious warned against dangers of Protestantism and claimed there was a master plan to rid the Middle East of Christianity. He claimed the migration of Orthodox Christians...
Nabeeh El-Wahsh filed an injunction to Pope Shenouda III requesting that the Pope remove Bishop Bishoy and Father Abdel Maseeh Baseet from their positions for making statements that could potentially cause sectarian strife. Demonstrations were held outside the Lawyers' Syndicate yesterday...
Al-Wafd acquired a copy of Bishop Bishoy's lecture at Bishop Ibram's Monastery in Fayyoum, where he questioned a Koranic verse declaring anyone who believes that Christ is God a non-believer. Bishoy suggested the verse might have been deliberately added after Prophet Mohamed's death for the sake of...
The Young Copts for Egypt Foundation is planning a demonstration to take place tomorrow outside the Abbasia Cathedral, supporting the Pope and church leaders. In its official newspaper, Nidaa Al-Watan, the Church expressed its disdain for actions threatening national unity and called Dr. El-Awa's...
A number of Egyptian lawyers and intellectuals, calling themselves the Egyptian Committee in Solidarity with Dr. Al-Awa, expressed their disapproval of the Church's attack on Dr. Mohamed Selim El-Awa's recent comments during an interview with Al-Jazeera. The committee says that Dr. El-Awa speaks...
This article is an interview with Bishop Bākhūmius of Beheira and Matruh who speaks of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
The Coptic Orthodox Pope Withdraws His Church’s Membership from the Middle East Council of Churches Amid Controversy Within the Organization.   

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