Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2008
An opposition leader has reported against the minister of information, the shaykh of the Azhar, and the muftī for letting an Ahmadiyyah TV channel to be broadcast via Egypt’s official satellite Nile Sat.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2008
Training courses and discussion sessions are organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services in collaboration with the Ministry of Endowments. The sessions are intended to be a preventative measure against sectarian strife.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2008
The article is based on an interview with the well-known cleric Khālid al-Jindī.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2008
The article reports on Egypt’s political, religious, and public reaction toward recent republication of blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish and European press.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2008
The article reports on the decisions of Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, shaykh of the Azhar, to permit women to work as ma’dhūns, and to allow female students to travel abroad without mahrams.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2008
The article reports on a statement made by the undersecretary of the Azhar, Dr. ‘Umar al-Dīb, in which he has eliminated the possibility of recognizing the revival of the suspended Azhar Scholars’ Front.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2008
The article comments on a Supreme Administrative Court ruling to allow 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later returned to Christianity to reclaim their legal rights as Christians.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2008
The Shūrá Council has approved a project law to prevent demonstrations in houses of worship. The majority of Egyptian political parties and authorities approved the decision, but certain people have expressed their opposition to it.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2008
The Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit that called for the Copts’ conference to be canceled.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2008
The Council of State's courts are not authorized to investigate lawsuits related to the application of hadd al-riddah.