Date of source: Friday, February 16, 2007
A riot in 721 AH, during the rule of Sulṭān Muḥammad Bin Qalāwūn, left 51 churches ruined in various cities in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2007
A threat of sectarian sedition arises in Suhāj and Assiut governorates due to a dispute between Muslims and Christians over livestock, as well as rumors of a Christian man having inappropriate relations with women in his village.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Bishop Mikhā’īl has issued a decision to freeze the activity of Father Bāsīliūs al- Maqārī for he authored and published five books as well as the monastery’s books without placing the pope’s photo on them. Further reasons for the freeze on his activity were based on the suspicions of church’s...
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
The author wonders about the increasing coverage of Coptic affairs in Egyptian press, and points to a number of specific periodicals that have increased their focus on such issues.
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: Monday, October 28, 2002
Media critique on an article that has given a distorted presentation of a Dutch report on anti-Semitism.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Drs. Hulsman provides a detailed description of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, and a history of Coptic problems, stemming from their own actions and outside influences.
Date of source:
The Supreme State Security
Misdemeanors Court held its second session to examine the case of Mamdouh Mahran, the
owner and the Editor
-in-Chief of al-Nabaa newspaper. The session witnessed many quarrels between Mahran’s lawyers
and the
lawyers representing the church and Pope Shenouda. Mahran’s...
Date of source:
Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2001
The number of articles published about Christmas reflects the attention the Egyptian press paid to celebrations of it. The article gives a list of the articles published in five newspapers.