Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
The five-day disappearance of Hāydī Samīr Hakīm, 21, from al-Fashn village, Beni Suef governorate has prompted Coptic villagers to stage a sit-in in the local church, calling on security officials to investigate the matter.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
A copy of the Group for Democratic Development and Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies’ report on the Alexandria sectarian riots in October 2005.
Date of source: Monday, October 10, 2005
Pope Shenouda has always cited incidents of assaults on churches and Copts by some members of al-Jamā‘at al-Islāmīya, accusing the police of slackness in dealing with the assailants.
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Monk Basilious, one of Father Matta Al-Maskeen’s close disciples, was stunned by the clergy’s “storm in a teacup” debate about the movie “Baheb Al-Sima” [I love Cinema’, considering it one of the most remarkably strange preoccupations in Coptic minds. He wonders who encouraged Coptic youth to...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
The young people who took part in the demonstrations against the movie “Baheb Al-Sima” [I love Cinema] in front of the cathedral are not desperate youth. They are all occupying honorable posts working for the improvement of the country. More importantly, they are not driven by anyone. The churches...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2004
We are in
dire need of an Egyptian civil body to unite Egyptians, Muslims and Christians and protect us
from similar sorrowful events. Such a body would interfere to contain problems once they sprout,
preventing them from exploding.
It is time to activate and consolidate the criteria of
civil...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2004
Last Wednesday, Pope Shenouda III
was back in Cairo following a two-week retreat at Anba Bīshouī Monastery in
Wādī al-Natroun in the Western Desert, spent in prayers and meeting with some 1,800 of
the clergy.
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
President
Mubārak believes in one nation. He has nominated Copts in high positions [examples given in
the article]. The demonstration in the cathedral was chaotic and aggressive. It was blackmailing
both Pope Shenouda and the Egyptian state. The Copts have the right to be angry about issues...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Archpriest Zakarīyā Butrus is in a kind of alliance with the shaykhs and leaders of the extremist camp, whose fatwas have been causing a commotion for more than three decades.