Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The author discusses the upcoming seminar initiated by Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá under the auspices of the Egyptian Society for Enlightenment, which will discuss topics such as Copts and citizenship; the relationship between clergy and laymen; laymen participation in church affairs; church trials and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
One of the late Father Mattá al- Maskīn’s disciples, Father Basilius al-Maqārī declares that followers of al-Maskīn do not respond to the attacks of Bishop Bīshūy as they adhere to the monastic rules.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Samū’īl al-‘Ashāy criticizes officials of the Coptic Orthodox Church for neglecting the seminar of the Supreme Council of Culture that was held to honor the late Father Mattá al-Maskīn.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
The transcript of an interview conducted by Cornelis Hulsman with Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, in which Mūsá provides a background of his work and publications. Mūsá further describes his own experiences and confrontations with the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2007
Coptic writer Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá about his views on reform in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Egyptian youth turning to religious associations and the phenomenon of converting people. Description of a visit to the Holy Family celebration in Dayr Abū Hinnis, organized by CIDT and FPA. Support and...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The writer records the ailments from which Pope Shenouda has suffered over recent years.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Last March the administrative court issued a ruling which aroused huge controversy when it decreed that the pope of the Coptic Church could issue remarriage permits to Coptic couples who had obtained divorce rulings from civil courts, but not marriage annulments from the church. The ruling was...
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Father Nasīf writes in response to Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, the former muftī of Egypt, who accused Christianity of being a religion that calls for violence and where reason is absent.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
A number of Coptic intellectuals have organized a conference entitled: Laymen’s vision of the Problems of the Church. They discussed several problems of the Church, including the regulations of election the patriarch and trials of priests.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
Coptic Orthodox Church member and businessman Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá speaks out about internal problems in the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church.