Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2008
Muhammad Rāghib wonders when the draft law on human organ transplantation will be issued. He points out several points in the argument for a unified law, touching on the controversies of organ trafficking and inter-religious organ donation.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2008
The bill for a unified law for building places of worship is still waiting idly to be placed on parliament’s agenda once the parliamentary recess is over. Several Members of Parliament discuss their views.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2008
The author describes various positions on the demonstrations of Expatriate Copts abroad. Foreign countries, the Egyptian government, and the Coptic organization seem to be little affected by these demonstrations.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2008
The author comments on the personal status law for Christians, and questions why it has remained shelved for 30 years.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2008
Personal testimony from Governor Ahmed Dia al-Din on the recent tensions in his governorate.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2008
Hānī Labīb comments on the Rose al-Yūsuf file that was published on the occasion of the Coptic Christmas. The file was devoted to Coptic issues and contained interviews with clergymen and Coptic figures. Labīb hails the file as a valuable document.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2007
Watani presents an overview of the crisis surrounding a plot of land allocated to the church in Marina.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2007
Recently, there have been several calls for an administrative change in the Coptic Orthodox Church. A member of the Community Council announced that the church has formed a committee to discuss the proposed changes and amendments. The following lines will present different clergy and laymen’s...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2007
The article discusses the repercussions to the recent statements of Bishop Bisantī about the number of Copts living in Egypt. The bishop’s unofficial estimation raised the old, unanswered question about the reasons behind the government’s continuous refusal to declare the real number of the Coptic...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2007
As sectarian clashes have increasingly been erupting, some have called for a unified law to arrange the construction and renovation processes of houses of worship whether mosques or churches. Some human rights activists and members of the People’s Assembly have proposed drafts to the parliament,...