Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2007
Minister of Endowments Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq denies blocking the construction of minarets in the new mosques as al-Miṣrī al-Yawn reported.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2007
The University of Toronto decided to establish a permanent annual scholarship for post-graduate studies on Islam and Judaism that was named after the great Egyptian thinker Tarek Heggy, as a token of appreciation for his intellectual contributions in the field of comparative religious studies.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2007
Sectarian sedition threatens to erupt after an Alexandrian resident, ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, filed a lawsuit accusing the Alexandria governor and minister of interior of refraining from closing a church which was built on his own land without right or license.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf reports on the recent procedures for the new identity card. Lieutenant ‘Isām al-Dīn Bahjat, assistant to the minister of interior affairs at the Civil Status Department stresses that the new procedures will greatly benefit Egypt, as if, for example, one wishes to build a school in a...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2007
The article reflects on the recent Muslim-Christian sectarian clashes in al-Dukhaylah al-Jabal in Alexandria. The article believes that the spread of sectarianism in Alexandria, which used to be the land of tolerance and coexistence, poses a critical threat to the unity of Egyptian people.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2007 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2007
The Commissioners Board at the Supreme Administrative Court has rejected to permit Christians who have embraced Islam to revert back to Christianity. It has called to create a distinguishing sign to be written on their identity cards.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2007
The author suggests that the hope of
the majority of human rights organizations in Egypt is to receive foreign funding. He reveals new projects in the name of
human rights and citizenship being drafted Egyptian human rights organizations and international institutions.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2007
While the author stresses the absence of dialogue between the different Christian
denominations in Egypt, religious figures maintain that there are existing mutual meetings and good relations between the
different denominations.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2007
While the Coptic Orthodox Church warns of the danger of the Adventists, who are considered to be heretics, the head of the “group” appears to ignore the opinion of the leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2007
The article reviews a number of speeches delivered during last Friday’s prayers in different cities across the country.