Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2006
According to Mustafá Rajab,
Jamā‘ah Islamīyah has
tried to change its radical position to more a social and democratic
one. It has issued books and statements
portraying its new philosophy, which is considered to be repentant for
everything it has done in terms of
violence against the...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2006
On Thursday, 12 editors-in-chief from
Egypt’s most
influential national newspapers issued a statement in which they condemned attempts by ‘yellow’
journalism to
insult Egyptian symbols, including President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak. Outlining the
current status of
the Egyptian press, the editors...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2006
The article
deals with intercultural dialogue held at
the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in
which all participants agreed on the necessity
of changing religious discourse to strengthen the values of
equality and coexistence.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2006
This article reports the
return home of Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria from Cleveland, Ohio, where he received treatment for problems with
his spine.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2006
In an interview during a recent visit to Egypt to drum up political
support, two officials from
the Somali Islamic sharī‘ah courts denied links with al-
Qā‘idah and the
Afghan movement the Taliban. They pointed out that the courts enjoy a great
deal of popularity after the "unjust
warlords who...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 9, 2006
A recent statement by the Supreme Guide of the
Muslim
Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, in which he said that the Brotherhood was ready
to
send 10,000 troops to Lebanon, has raised the fears of the Egyptian government about the group’s military
expertise and capabilities.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2006
This press review deals with a controversial announcement made by Max Michel, a Christian who split from the Coptic Orthodox Church and set up a church in the Muqattam area and named himself Archbishop Maximus I, amidst an outcry from the Egyptian mother church and severe criticism.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2006
The article carries news about the return
home of Pope Shenouda III
of Alexandria from the United States, where he was on a remedial trip.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2006
The honor and shame culture is examined in discussion of the insult of raising a shoe towards an opponent and it is argued that the government must take real action in the face of such behavior.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2006
The Evangelical
Church in Misr al-Jadīda has planned to screen the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code,’
and to follow the
screening with a panel discussing the contents of the book, upon which the movie was
based.