Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The Administrative Court of Egypt is to look into the case brought by a divorced Copt, demanding Pope Shenouda III to grant him marriage permission after he was granted a civil divorce from a state’s family court.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author writes about high-level talks between Egypt and Sudan following the deadly catastrophe in Cairo in which 27 were killed.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The article discusses gloating by some Israeli newspapers and websites over the disaster of Egypt’s 35-year old ferry al-Salām Boccaccio 98, which sank some 50 miles off Egypt. The paper says that many Israelis celebrated the ordeal in which hundreds of Egyptians were killed.
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
The author, in a 16-page supplement of independent newspaper al-Fajr, is reviewing a book by writer Jonathan Kirsch about the story of Lot and his two daughters.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Watanī newspaper held a symposium at the Journalists’ Syndicate headquarters on effective coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The article is discussing the secret resumption of dialogue between Egyptian Christians and the Muslim Brotherhood and the issues taken up in the agenda of the meeting, which included the isolation and persecution of Copts.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The author is discussing the relations between Muslims and Copts in the early 20th century, and the intellectuals who had played a role in brining them together and ending sectarian problems through dialogue.
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
The author says that the death of Ahmad Abu Tālib in December 2005, in Kafr Salāma village, al-Sharqīya Governorate, has turned into a sectarian sedition that ripped through the whole village when Muslim families took to the streets, calling for revenge, and driving Copts out of the village.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Father Shenouda Marqus welcomes President Mubārak’s decision to annul the Hamāyounī Decree, which required a presidential permission for the simple repairs to church buildings.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
The People’s Assembly is due to vote on a draft law for unifying regulations on houses of worship in Egypt, after it was unanimously approved by the parliament’s Proposals and Complaints Committee.