Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2007
The article deals with the letter signed by 138 Muslim scholars inviting Christian clerics to dialogue and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s statements in which he claims that having a theological dialogue with Muslims is difficult. Both secretary-general of the International Union for Muslim Scholars...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2007
The article discusses the invitation to dialogue, initiated by Muslim scholars, to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Muslim scholars are disappointed with Pope Benedict XVI’s negative response to the initiative. The article refers to Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s statement in which he...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2007
In the Ift...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2007
The article discusses a letter sent by over 130 Muslim scholars to Christian leaders around the world, stressing the need for global peace.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2007
This story reports the disappearance of Muḥammad Ḥijāzī, a Christian convert. The author speculates on this incident suggesting that he may have been helped by Coptic organizations to flee the country, or he may have been kidnapped by Islamic militants to make him return to Islam.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2007
The article reports on the statements of a member of the National Council for Human Rights about the unified draft law for organizing the building and restoration of houses of worship.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2007
The article provides an overview of a number of stories that have headlined the Egyptian press as of late.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2007
The article reports on the decision of the State Security Prosecution to extend the detention of two members of the Middle East Christians Association for another 30 days pending investigation.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2007
The article reports on the Judicial Administrative Court’s decision to adjourn the examination of the complaint filed by Muḥammad Ḥijāzī, a Muslim-born convert to Christianity who demanded that his new religion be registered on his official documents.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 29, 2007
While Poet Aḥmad al-Shahāwī intends to file a claim against the Shaykh of the Azhar, reliable sources at the Islamic Research Academy assert that the Azhar withdrew al-Shahāwī’s book but did not deem the poet Kāfir.