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President Mubarak’s decision to make Coptic Christmas, January 7, a national holiday.
Bishop Samuel liked very much to see a revival of ancient Coptic traditions. Al-Ahram Weekly’s editor-in-chief, Hosny Guindy, has been praised for his strong ethical principles. Guindy was a fine example of a Copt who was able to obtain a leading position in Egyptian society, despite claims of some...
Mr. De Coursac is a French national living in Egypt who strongly objects to US foreign policy in the Middle East. He expressed this objection in an irrational manner and this has made him to misinterpret events and explain them as a US conspiracy without realizing that in that way he has alienated...
The latest rumor about sectarian unrest has been about a Christian woman who was assaulted in Awlad Ragab [a supermarket] in Cairo. The story is merely an incident of misbehavior and impoliteness by a security worker of a supermarket. Some priests at the churches warned Christian women against...
It seems that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom must have issued its report on religious discrimination between Muslims and Copts in Egypt months before its visit. The report claims that the Egyptian mass media is too lazy and not qualified enough to cover the religious...
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia and others coming to Cairo for a lecture on Christianity and Islam. An article about the death of 21 Christians and one Muslim in al-Kosheh with comments of Bishop Marcos and Watani editori-in-chief Yousef Sidhom.
Prominent Egyptian intellectual and scientist Dr. Rushdy Said noted that two contradicting traditions govern the relationship between Muslims and Copts in Egypt: the first fosters brotherhood and understanding while the second encourages suspicion and hatred. I remembered this as I read the book Al...
Comment on the Copts Daily Digest’s reporting about difficulties around church building in Al-Ubur City
Christianity Today published a long article by Cornelis Hulsman about H.H. Pope Shenouda and Father Matta el-Meskeen, two major reformers in the contemporary Coptic Orthodox Church. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here...

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