Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2006
The review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt amidst a tug-of -war between supporters of the Egyptian Bahā’īs’ right to have their faith openly registered in their identity cards and those denying them any rights and terming them as infidels or apostates.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 9, 2006
The Egyptian churches have agreed not to seek a ban on Dan Brown’s controversial movie but will instead launch anti-Da- Vinci-Code campaign.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2006
Claims that the police are continuing to hold those detained during the Alexandria riots, despite their having been proven innocent. A case is presented of a young Christian man who cares for his blind siblings who has been imprisoned without any legal right.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2006
An interview with Mustafa al- Zayyāt, member of al-Jam‘āt al- Islāmīya and the main attorney defending those accused of Islamic fundamentalism, concerning Ayman al-Zawāhirī whom he knew very well from the days they spent together in al-Qal‘a Prison.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2006
The main concerns of the Copts that are being discussed are the legislative structure that forms an obstacle to the building of churches and Coptic representation in senior public positions and in parliament. A seminar under the name ‘The Copts of Egypt at a cross-road’ discussed the core of the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 16, 2006
On the war in Lebanon, the bias towards Israel and the Israeli version of conflict situations. Initiating a forum for peace.
Problems and consequences of emotional Arab reporting and lacking sufficient facts.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 29, 2006
The spokesman and general coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifāya, George Ishāq, has been interrogated by leaders of the movement about his participation in a dubious U.S. conference, held last month in Istanbul, Turkey and attended by a large number of Israeli academics.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 28, 2006
The authors write about all Egyptian parties’ rejection to deal with the American International Republican Institute (IRI) except one party, the Social Constitutional Party, whose leader, Mamdouh Qināwī, welcomed cooperation with the American institution.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 30, 2006
AWR writes about claims that Muslims are funding the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’, and calls for one standard for all, pointing out that Muslims alone should not be attacked for cashing in on ‘The Da Vinci Code’, since Christian publishing houses have also published the book.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 28, 2006
Youssef Sidhom calls for greater communication to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.