Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 10, 2011
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali writes a press review on al-Ahrām's coverage on March 10, 2011 that concerns sectarian events which occurred in Manshiyyat Nāsir and al-Muqattam; in light of the burning of the church of Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Helwan governorate...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 10, 2011
Field Marshal Husīn Tantāwī, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, called Pope Shenouda, currently in Cleveland city in the United States of America, to reassure on his health.
On the same note, Grand Imām (Azhar's Shaykh) Ahmad al-Tayyib, made a phone call on March 13, 2011 to ask about the Pope...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2011
AWR was pleased to cooperate with Encounter, a program of ABC radio, Australia. For the interviews and transcript of ABC please check this address: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2011/3147651.htm#transcript
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2011
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2011
Editor: AWR received this text before President Mubarak announced he would step down. Nothing in the media indicated that this could happen tonight, yet it did.
Ever since the demonstrations began on January 25, men of religion have been stressing the importance of them not being transformed from...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 9, 2011
Efforts continue to resolve the issue of Church in 'Ātfīh. The church of Two Martyrs St. Mina and St. George was set on fire by angry Muslim young-men, after seeing a Muslim girl with a christian young-man called 'Āshraf Labīb. The church is located in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Governorate of Helwan...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6 witnessed a peculiar exhibition amidst the drama unfolding in Tahrir Square. Christian Egyptians publically conducted a prayer service, honoring their fallen co-demonstrators who have died in the effort to topple the Mubarak government. Calling them ‘martyrs’, as is common...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2011
During the second week of the protests in Egypt rumors spread through the Internet that Ambassador Muhammad Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, official spokesman for the Azhar, had submitted his resignation to Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
'Isām Kāmil expresses his annoyance when religious leaders from Christianity and Islam are consulted in worldly matters.
He is also bothered when Grand Imām talks in the name of muslims, and Pope Shenouda's imagination that he is the spokesperson of christians.
Kāmil calls for separating religion...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Rāmī Rushdī wrote that the U.S. State Department's report on Religious Freedom in Egypt as usual had many accusations; the Azhar issued a declaration to respond to this report.
Ahmad al-Tayyib called some political leaders in the country to contribute in responding to U.S. report and he called...