coptic church
Controversial Coptic bishop: Religious beliefs represent ‘a red line’
Egypt
September 26, 2010
Controversial Coptic bishop: Religious beliefs represent ‘a red line’
Bishop Bishoy, secretary of the Coptic Church’s Holy Synod, endorsed
Coptic bishop says controversial Quran statements were ‘misunderstood’
Egypt
September 23, 2010
Coptic bishop says controversial Quran statements were ‘misunderstood’
Bishop Bishoy, secretary of the Coptic Church's Holy Synod, delayed delivering a scheduled speech at a conference held in Fayoum…
Coptic Pope makes first public comments on Camillia Shehata video
Egypt
September 20, 2010
Coptic Pope makes first public comments on Camillia Shehata video
In his first public statements on the subject, Coptic Pope Shenouda III insisted on the authenticity of video footage of…
Thursday’s papers: Mohie Eddin to the World Bank, ‘Burn a Quran Day,’ and church controversies
Egypt
September 9, 2010
Thursday’s papers: Mohie Eddin to the World Bank, ‘Burn a Quran Day,’ and church controversies
Nearly every Egyptian newspaper dedicated its biggest front page headlines on Thursday, 9 September to the news of the nomination…
Lawyer demands monastaries be searched for priest’s wife said to have converted to Islam
Egypt
August 29, 2010
Lawyer demands monastaries be searched for priest’s wife said to have converted to Islam
Lawyer Mamdouh Ismail has submitted a request to the attorney-general
Opposition’s big guns not invited to Coptic Church iftar
Egypt
August 26, 2010
Opposition’s big guns not invited to Coptic Church iftar
Egypt's Coptic Church "has not invited prominent opposition figures such as
Investigations to be launched into ‘forged’ Bible case
Egypt
August 25, 2010
Investigations to be launched into ‘forged’ Bible case
State prosecutors say they plan to launch an investigation into a dispute between Egypt's Coptic Church and an Islamic publishing…
Coptic pope: Ordination of priests contingent on wives’ approval
Egypt
August 19, 2010
Coptic pope: Ordination of priests contingent on wives’ approval
The ordination of Coptic priests should be contingent upon the consent of their spouses, Coptic Pope Shenouda III has said…
Islamic publishing house prints ‘forged’ Bible version
Egypt
August 18, 2010
Islamic publishing house prints ‘forged’ Bible version
Abu Islam Ahmed Abdallah, owner of the Islamic Enlightenment Publishing House, has printed a version of the Bible that he…