Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2009
This article sheds light on the close relationship between the media and citizenship. The author reflects on the viewpoints of a number of significant characters concerning citizenship.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 3, 2009
This week’s articles correspond with the date of President Barack Obama’s inauguration and a number of articles tackle the issue of U.S-Egyptian relations. This relationship has taken a more complicated turn in the past week when the Egyptian government unexpectedly released the political dissident...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2008
Sāmih Fawzī discusses Egypt’s emigration problem, the need for greater transparency and Coptic expatriates. He also calls on Christians to be active players in Egyptian society andbelieves that in the modern age socio-economic factors are more of a uniting force than religion.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2008
The key to encouraging people to respect other’s beliefs is education, believes Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd. According to him, state schools should promote the brotherhood of all citizens, not the followers of one religion above the others. An ideal state school system should be non religious, but...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2008
The Religious Liberty Group of the World Evangelical Alliance has written a report on the escalation of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. Hulsman quotes from the report and adds his own comments.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2009
Hulsman flags up articles 5-8 in this issue that concern sūrah 2:256 of the Qur’ān and whether it is abrogated or not. He also draws the reader’s attention to a number of article that focus on issues that threaten the social peace of society
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2007
The author highlights incidents in Egypt in the last month that deal with religions and relations between Muslims and Christians, he believes that these incidents are representative of Egyptian attitude in general toward religions. He concludes by wondering if Egypt is going backwards.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2008
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports about the suggestion that churches in Egypt form a supreme committee to work on solving problems facing Christians.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 23, 2008
Magdy Malak reflects on the scope and power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and bemoans the lack of any real opposition parties that are able to compete with the ruling National Democratic Party.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 2, 2008
Hanān Fikrī reports on a conference organized by the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies [http://acpss.ahram.org.eg/eng/index_Eng.asp] in association with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation [FEF, www.fes.de/] to discuss new challenges facing Copts’ citizenship.