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9. Coptic Orthodox laymen call for a legislative change
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2007
Coptic Orthodox activist laymen call to change the list of rules and legislations regulating the election of the Coptic patriarch. A Coptic Orthodox member of the Council of State sent a letter to President Mubārak with suggested rules.
2. An obedience threat from Sa‘d al-Din Ibrahim
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2007
Through his lawyer, Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn ibrāhīm is threatening three Egyptian newspapers by announcing that he will file claims against them if they do not publish retractions for their “attacks” against Dr. Ibrāhīm.
63. Director of the CEDEJ Alain Roussillon, has passed away
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2007
French researcher and Director of CEDEJ in Cairo Alain Roussillon passed away, a few days ago.
44. “Pope Shenouda runs the church while in bed from the U.S.,” Dr. Tharwat Basili says.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church affirms that Pope Shenouda III headed for Cleveland Clinic in Ohio for a kidney check up and not for surgery. Meanwhile, laymen have called to amend the bylaw of electing the patriarch, especially with the escalating fears about the pope’s health conditions.
43. Female circumcision; facts and statistics
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 9, 2007
97% of Egyptian women are circumcised. The Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī prohibiting female circumcision, the official rejecting stance of legislative institutions in the country, and the highlighted dangers of the operation seem to have little influence on the conservative traditional opinions of...
29. al-Jama‘ah al-Islamiyah and al-Zayyat’s new political party
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2007
The recently announced introspections of the Jihād Islamic group revived discussions about the 10-year old revisions of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. On the tenth birthday of the group’s inspections, Muntasir al-Zayyāt announced the establishment of a new political party. Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah...
16. Controversial, though not unprecedented
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2007
Another controversial statement from Pope Benedict XVI reads: “There is one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and […] outside this church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins.” Reactions from churches in Egypt varied between denunciation and doubts about the authenticity of an alleged...
40. Bishop Marqus: Pope Shenouda is on a trip for medical treatment and nobody could replace him
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2007
The article states that Pope Shenouda’s health condition is fine and he is traveling to the United States to undergo a medical examination on his kidneys.
36. Female circumcision between physicians and men of religion
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2007
Religious, medical, and social milieus in Egypt witness heated discussions about the legitimacy of female circumcision. The Muftī of the republic considers it H...
21. The Jihad “revisions;” marginalizing or integrating
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2007
The final version of the Jihād introspection book was approved by the Azhar. The introspections will be annexed to the other two books of the ideologue of the Islamic groups, Imām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, who apologized for all killings committed based on his previous books and stressed the importance of...

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