Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 21, 2007
Some people claim to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the sky over al-Tayr Mountain.
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2007
‘Abd al-Hakīm al-Qādī writes about the newly appointed governor of Qena, Majdī Ayyūb.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2007
In an unprecedented step, a Coptic daughter of a priest resorted to the family court to ask for a divorce in a violation of the Coptic Orthodox Church tradition that divorce cases must first be approved by the church.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2007
The author criticizes the U.S. policy in the Middle East for interfering in internal affairs to achieve its interests.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2007
A group calling itself the “Clergy Group,” has issued publications against leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Shenouda III. It has urged Copts to oust the pope and replace him with the former bishop of Luxor, Bishop Ammonuis.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 19, 2007
Security forces in Asyūt, Upper-Egypt, violate presidential rulings about building and restoring churches in the governorate. The governor of Asyūt established eight conditions that seemed to have made the affair more complicated.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2007
Expatriate
Copts’ permanent insistence that Copts are persecuted in Egypt caused Egyptian Copts to believe that they really are.
Therefore, any mere dispute between neighbors would transform into strife.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 28, 2007
Vatican Radio called AWR on November 23 for a radio interview about the Annapolis peace conference.
Excellent article on “Middle East Christians Association: “’do not make things worse,’” by Coptic author Jamāl As‘ad.
Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī’s article shows how corruption has attacked people’s religious...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2007
Coptic thinkers in Egypt have rejected a conference called for by expatriate Copt Dr. ‘Adlī Abādīr entitled, ‘The Rights of Minorities in the Middle East.’ The organizers have launched an aggressive attack on political authorities in Egypt, accusing them of causing a setback in social and economic...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2007
Hānī al-‘Asar reports on the opinions of major Christian figures concerning the growing increase in the number of Christians converting to Islam.