Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2010
Carmen Weinstein, head of the Jewish community in Egypt, said Egyptian Jews are receiving money and pensions from the Egyptian government.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2010
Two trials related to the recent Nag Hammadi incident have been adjourned. The first trial involved three suspects in the shooting the other involved Girgis Baroumi Girgis—the man accused of provoking the incident by raping a 12 year old Muslim girl. Girgis’ defense team had requested that the case...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2010
Last week, Samy Aziz Fahmy a young boy about to turn 18 disappeared from Semesta, Beni Suef. On his 18th birthday it was announced that he had converted to Islam. The conversion sparked demonstrations from both Muslims and Copts in the area which resulted in sectarian violence. The validity of...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2010
Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has challenged a court ruling which acquitted four Muslims accused of killing Fārūq Hindī.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2010
During ameeting with German and Swiss students, Minister of Religious Endowments Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq reinforces Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance which accepts diversity.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2010
This article deals with the issue of the portrayal of the Prophet in satirical form, and Muslim reactions in the Netherlands.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2010
This article criticizes the use of religion in trivial matters which belittle the importance and value of religion in general.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2010
Pope Shenouda’s personal secretary, Bishop Butrus, represents the Coptic Orthodox Church at the conference of the Middle East Council of Churches instead of Bishop Bīshūy.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2010
Bishop Bīshūy’s sickness has revealed existing tensions between the different bishops in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2010
The article sheds light on the book“Al-Jizyah fī Misr (1713 – 1856 AD)” [Jizyahin Egypt] by the scholar Ayman Ahmad Mahmūd who argues that jizyah was abolished in Egypt before issuing the Hamayonian law and before all other Ottoman states.