Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2010
The Ministry of Endowments is set to embark on its annual new Hijrī year’s eve celebrations tomorrow at the Nūr Mosque in ‘Abbāsiyyah.
Cairo Governor Dr. Mahmūd ‘Abd al-‘Azīm, Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Endowments Minister Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, Grand Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, as well...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2010
Thousands of Jews are traveling this week to a tiny village in the Beheira governate on the Nile Delta in order to visit a 200 year-old shrine to Abū Hasīrah, a Jewish Egyptian rabbi.
Some residents of the village protest the event, saying that Israelis shouldn’t be allowed to enter Egypt while...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2010
This article highlights an interview between Radio Vatican and Father Rafīq Greish, a spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, who speaks about the state of Egyptian Christians during the past months.
Greish discusses the ‘Umrāniyyah riots against the construction stoppage of an unlicensed church...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2010
Headline: Research Academy Considers Stiffening Penalty to Three Years in Prison for Any Party that Prints Mushaf [original Qur’ānic text, without exegesis or human explanation] with Mistakes
Source: al-Dustūr
Page: 3
Author: Wā’il Fāyiz
Keywords: Mushaf
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Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2010
Egyptian Islamist thinker Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā insists that Egypt is an Islamic country, saying that people who want to change the second article in the Egyptian consitution are insignificant.
In a meeting of the Egyptian Association for Culture and Dialogue in Rāb‘ah al-‘Adawiyyah, al-‘Awwā...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2010
Headline: Promotional Campaign for "Ground Zero Mosque"
Source: al-Ahrām
Page: 3
Author: Not mentioned
Keywords: New York City, United States of America
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Headline: We Are Facing the Most Serious Disruption and Fitnah Campaigns, Says Grand Imām
Source: ‘...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2010
Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyyah has apologized for the fatwá that calls for killing of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, head of National Front for Change. The fatwá was issued by Shaykh Mahmūd ‘Āmir, one of the group's members.
The statement issued by the group calls ‘Āmir's fatwá "abnormal and suspicious,"...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2010
Headline: Amsterdam: Holland Arrests 12 Somalis on Charges Related to Terrorism
Source: al-Dustūr
Page: 6
Author: Not mentioned
Keywords: Amsterdam, Holland, Somalia
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Headline: Investigation Judge Decides Today the Fate of Somalian Terror Cells...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2010
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services recently organized a seminar entitled "Dialogue, not Rivalry." The event was attended by many intellectuals and journalists.
The seminar mainly dealt with overcoming the increasingly hostile tone between Egypt's Christian and Muslim...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2010
Pope Shenouda's apology for not attending Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī's PhD defense is generating controversy.
Explanation of the apology has varied. Some say that he did not attend for health reasons; others say that it was a statement of dissatisfaction at the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church incidents.
Regarding...