Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2005
The sectarian tensions in Alexandria are linked by the author to the electoral campaign between Copts and Muslims in Alexandria.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2005
The author blames Mar Girgis Church officials for the incidents and the violence that harmed both Muslims and Christians, and argues that the Pope should apologize for the play that allegedly insulted Islam.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2005
Muslim communities in the West are duty bound to abide by the laws of the countries they live in, Deputy Head of the Azhar’s Permanent Committee for Dialogue, Dr. ‘Alī al-Simmān told al-Ahrām.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2005
The AUC has called on Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, to back down on the decision to ban a book on Wahābī Islam in Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2005
Many people around the world believe that anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism are one the same thing. Despite being Semitic, Arabs have always been accused of anti-Semitism.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2005
Shaykh Fawzī al-Zafzāf, President of the Permanent Committee for Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions at the Azhar, explains how the idea of dialogue dates to the early days of Islam.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2005
Businessman Hānī ‘Azīz organized a national unity suhour banquet, to which he invited a number of Muslim and Christian men of religion.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2005 to الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2005
Listing for articles about Egypt’s National Unity Iftār on October, 18, in which Christians joined Muslims breaking their fast at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2005
The Holy Synod has denied in a statement that a play, which prompted angry demonstrations from Muslims in Alexandria, was meant to insult Islam or the Qur’ān. The church claimed that “the false allegations” were published by al-Maydān and al-Usbou‘ newspapers to spark sedition between Muslims and...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2005 to الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2005
Khomeini’s Iran, the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Nimeiri’s Sudan and several other countries have claimed to be ruled according to Islam. Yet such ’Islamic’ rule merely led to backwardness and oppression. The elite in Egypt are terrified by the idea that a theocracy Egypt would bring a whirlpool of...