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Articles of the author Amr El Bayoumi
A lesson in true democracy
The mediocre talking heads on CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera are in a panic because the Egyptian people have failed to conform to their formulaic definition of “democracy”. The implications of the Egyptian people's raw demonstration of true people power in (...)

09 - 07 - 2013
Behold the opportunists
Hypocrites are lining up to embrace the Egyptian revolution; especially those who propped up or who were part of the old order, writes Amr El-Bayoumi It is essential to see, not to mirror; the latter is an indulgence -- Henrik Ibsen During the 20 (...)

14 - 07 - 2011
Church backs NDP candidates in the Brotherhood''s northern stronghold
The Coptic Church's endorsement of some of the ruling National Democratic Party's parliamentary candidates is a matter of courtesy and should not reflect any involvement in politics, papal sources said on Saturday. “They have our support because (...)

20 - 11 - 2010
Naga Hammadi Bishop urges Attorney General to investigate Abu Tesht case
Bishop for Naga Hammadi Diocese Kirollos has called for the Attorney General office to further investigate Tuesday's sectarian clashes when Muslims torched 10 Christian homes in the southern town of Abu Tesht because they were enraged by a rumor (...)

20 - 11 - 2010
Egyptian churches praise US report on religious freedoms
Egyptian churches welcomed, for the first time, the American religious freedom report, stressing that Christians face discrimination in Egypt, and that the Egyptian government bears responsibility for Egypt's poor ranking because the government has (...)

19 - 11 - 2010
In wake of threats, Egyptian church leaders talk security
Leaders of the Orthodox, Catholic and Anglican churches in Egypt met on Sunday to discuss possible security measures to be taken in and around Christian places of worship in light of recent al-Qaeda threats against Egyptian churches. They also (...)

08 - 11 - 2010
Egyptian police voice fears for controversial Coptic bishop''s life, says source
Egyptian police have warned the Coptic Church of the possibility of an attack on prominent Coptic Bishop Bishoy by Islamist fundamentalists following remarks made in August in which the bishop questioned the authenticity of certain Quranic verses (...)

01 - 11 - 2010
NDP stalwart calls Muslim Brotherhood ''root of all evil''
Mostafa al-Feki, chairman of the People's Assembly's foreign affairs committee and ruling party stalwart, said the Egyptian public had begun to "turn its back" on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement, which he went on to describe as (...)

21 - 10 - 2010
In defiance of papal ban, Coptic bishop sets out for Jerusalem
Coptic Bishop of Giza Theodosius violated Coptic Pope Shenouda III's decree banning Coptic Christians from making pilgrimage to Jerusalem when he left Cairo for the holy city on Wednesday using an Israeli visa. A church source at the Giza Diocese (...)

13 - 10 - 2010
Coptic pope decries Friday protests as ''weekly agitation''
Coptic Pope Shenouda III has expressed his "extreme anger" over weekly protests held recently following Muslim Friday prayers. In official Coptic Church magazine Al-Keraza on Sunday, Shenouda noted that the past several weeks had been "trying." He (...)

10 - 10 - 2010
Coptic Pope Shenouda III calls off scheduled bi-monthly Alex sermon
Coptic Pope Shenouda III failed to deliver his scheduled bi-monthly sermon in Alexandria on Sunday. According to an anonymous source at the Alexandria Archbishopric, the pope called off his sermon to "send a message" to both the Alexandria governor (...)

04 - 10 - 2010
Saudi-based Islamic group blasts Egyptian bishop for Quran comments
Members of the Saudi Arabia-based International Islamic Fiqh Academy, devoted to deciding issues of Islamic jurisprudence, attacked Egyptian Coptic Bishop Bishoy for statements he made last week in which he challenged the authenticity of certain (...)

29 - 09 - 2010
Pope Shenouda says he did not apologize for Bishoy comments
In an interview yesterday on al-Nehwar satellite channel, Pope Sehnoda III said he has not “apologized” for comments made by Father Bishoy, secretary of the Holy synod, which questioned the authenticity of certain Quranic verses. The pope said he (...)

29 - 09 - 2010
Al-Azhar''s Grand Sheikh satisfied with Coptic Pope''s apology
Al-Azhar spokesperson Mohamad Rifaa al-Tahtawi on Sunday announced that Al-Azhar's Grand Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb is satisfied with an apology made by Pope Shenouda III in response to comments made by Bishop Bishoy that suggested some verses of the Quran (...)

27 - 09 - 2010
Controversial Coptic bishop: Religious beliefs represent ''a red line''
Bishop Bishoy, secretary of the Coptic Church's Holy Synod, endorsed a statement on Sunday issued by the Islamic Research Academy one day earlier calling on Muslim and Christian intellectuals to designate the religious beliefs of Egyptians as “a red (...)

26 - 09 - 2010
Human rights figures call for end to sectarianism through legislation
A number of human rights figures demanded the proposition of freedom of religion legislation at a seminar organized yesterday by the Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (CEWLA). Event participants urged the Egyptian government to confront (...)

22 - 09 - 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 Camillia Shehata, wife of a Minya priest, stressing that she had not converted to Islam as has been claimed. Egyptian state (...)

20 - 09 - 2010
Hundreds protest priest''s wife video
Hundreds of worshipers protested in front of Amr Ibn al-Aas Mosque yesterday after Eid prayers, demanding the appearance of camillia Shehata, wife of Tedaous Samaan, pastor of Minya's Dayr Mawwas Monastery. Security forces prevented an identical (...)

11 - 09 - 2010
Priest''s wife denies converting to Islam in questionable video clip
A number of websites have posted a video clip of a woman claiming to be Camilla Shehata, the wife of the Deir Mawas Church priest Thaddeus Samaan who is said to have been forced to return to the church after fleeing her husband and converting to (...)

09 - 09 - 2010
Opposition''s big guns not invited to Coptic Church iftar
Egypt's Coptic Church "has not invited prominent opposition figures such as Mohamed El-Baradei and Ayman Nour"--both of whom entertain presidential ambitions--to its annual Ramadan iftar, according to church official Samuel Farid. The church began (...)

26 - 08 - 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 house that recently printed a version of the Bible alleged by the publisher to have been "forged." Publisher Abu Islam (...)

25 - 08 - 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 in his weekly sermon. “Wives should also be tested on whether they fully understand the nature of a priest's vocation,” the (...)

19 - 08 - 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 claims is "forged," prompting Egypt's Coptic Church to consider filing a complaint with the Attorney General against the book, (...)

18 - 08 - 2010
Pope Shenouda considers salary increases for clergy
The head of Egypt's Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, is considering salary increases for priests nationwide in a bid to cope with rising prices. Naguib Gabriel, chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations, said in a statement a (...)

18 - 08 - 2010
Coptic pope approves new personal status bill
Coptic Pope Shenouda III signaled his approval of a new personal status draft law for non-Muslims to a church committee tasked with discussing the proposed bill at a recent meeting at Justice Ministry headquarters. “Our role has ended and that of (...)

10 - 08 - 2010
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