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The deceased, Father Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Sayyid, was a paradigm of how an enlightened cleric should be. He was marked by tolerance and spirituality and was always providing us with information about the old and modern history of the Coptic Church.
Copts abroad are also alleging that Christian girls are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam, forgetting that Egyptian law criminalizes the act of harassing women in public. Egypt is not Chicago nor is it a barbaric society ruled by whims. In Egypt, any man would rush to the aid of a woman,...
A defense of church trials in response to an article published in article of Rose al-Yousuf magazine by Sawsan, the daughter of the late defrocked priest Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Sayyid, over whose body the Pope ordered no prayers should be read.
Mustafa Abd Al-Latif Darwish’s article on November 1, 2004 about Archpriest Zakaria Butros was all in all a series of excesses. Butros should have respected the decision taken by the Holy Synod to defrock him, especially after his hallucinations that wrong the priestly costumes he is wearing.
The article written about Bishop Bishoi proves beyond doubt that the religious knowledge of its author is very limited. It seems that there is a personal dispute [between the article’s author and Bishop Bishoi]. Christianity teaches us not to judge in order not to be judged but the words of Samir...
Sawt Al-Umma published an article titled “The exact salaries of priests” by Fadi Habashi on July 26, 2004. Habashi’s claims about the financial state of Coptic clergymen reveals his ignorance. I have several comments on this article.
Some have been lately hurling accusations against the Orthodox Church following the impact of Max Michel, an Egyptian Christian who built a church built in al-Moqattam area outside the authority of Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark..
I hope God will forgive me in using the word “church” when speaking about the religious institution established by Mr. Max Michell who frequently attacked the Egyptian Orthodox church and Pope Shenouda.
A deacon from Daqahlia commented on Al-Midan’s article "The emigrant Copts and the money of the church." He said the article was about the churches of the orthodox denomination, whose leader is Pope Shenouda but it was based on the opinion of a Protestant pastor. A thing that he considered not good...
Fa’iq Zakka Bolous found himself in a dilemma, after eleven years as a monk everybody is really angry with him. The monastery summoned him after he published his diary and asked him to stop and not to turn it into a book, but he refused. Lots of letters came in cursing, insulting and denouncing him...

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