Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2008
The article reports on the objection of 11 members of the Egyptian Parliament to a draft law prohibiting demonstrations in houses of worship.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2008
The author, Dr. Ibrāhīm al-Sāyh, comments on an official complaint submitted by the renowned Muslim scholar Dr. Zaghlūl al-Najjār against a Christian organization, accusing it of performing missionary activities in Cairo.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2007
The article reviews a Vatican document about the rights of evangelizing non-believers and welcoming converts from denominations other than Catholicism.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2007
Father ‘Abd al-Masīḥ Basīt responds to the claims presented in Michael Baigent’s book ’The Jesus Papers’ which claims that Jesus did not die on the cross but emigrated to India and Afghanistan where he married and lived until 45 A.D.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2007
Provocative statements by two members of the Islamic Research Academy; Dr. Zaghlūl al-Najjār and Dr. Muṣṭafá Muḥammad al-Shak‘ah, ignited the anger of Copts in Egypt when they attacked the Christian belief.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2007
An anonymous author alleged that there is a state of conflict between the church represented in the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammādī and the governor of Qinā, the Upper Egyptian governorate. The following day al-Wafd published a response from the bishop in which he denied any conflict and describes the...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2007
TV presenter Basmah Wahbá stated that the car accident she was involved in a few months ago has nothing to do with her decision to stop wearing the Ḥijāb or her controversial religious programs on the Islamic Iqra’ TV satellite channel.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 2007
The article reports on the statement of human rights group Egyptian against Religious Favoritism on a huge campaign against Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus, which has begun in the wake of his speech opposing the spread of the Iran-style Ḥijāb, chador.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2007
The article reports on a decision made by the city council of Gent, the third biggest city in Belgium, to ban the wearing of Ḥijāb as well as other religious and political symbols for female employees in official departments and nurseries.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2007
The article reviews a book by Journalist Riḍā Sha‘bān that was entitled, ’‘Amr Khālid: Shāhid ‘alá-Ḥijāb al-Fanānāt wa-I‘tizāl al-Nujūm’ [‘Amr Khālid: a witness to veiling of artists and retirement of stars].