Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
In its first meeting at the Shūrá Council, the upper house of the two-chamber parliament, the constitution-drafting panel elected unopposed on Monday (June 18) evening Counselor Husām al-Ghiryānī, the sole candidate for the post, as chairman of the constituent assembly.
Ghiryānī criticized the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
During a Defence and Security Committee held Monday, April 22 at the Shūrá Council, Dr. Samir Marcos (Samīr Marqus), an assistant to the former President, emphasized that Egypt has witnessed armed violence against Copts and the Church for the last thirty years.The Committee was called for in order...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
During a Defence and Security Committee held Monday, April 22 at the Shūrá Council, Dr. Samir Marcos (Samīr Marqus), an assistant to the former President, emphasized that Egypt has witnessed armed violence against Copts and the Church for the last thirty years.The Committee was called for in order...
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2010
Calmness has returned to Giza after witnessing regrettable events in which Christian protestors blocked two main roads and damaged the ‘Umrāniyyah city council building and the Giza governorate headquarters, injuring 24 policemen and 43 civilians. Security presence in the area has since been...
Date of source: Thursday, November 25, 2010
Three thousand Christians rioted outside the Giza Governorate Headquarters yesterday to protest the discontinuation of the building of an ecclesial service center that they also wanted to turn into a church. The rioters used Molotov cocktails and threw stones, killing one student and injuring 67...
Date of source: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī writes about the strangest fatwás issued recently by Muslim scholars on TV and the internet
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hamīd, interviewed Amal Sulaymān ‘Afīfī, the first female ma’dhūn in Egypt and the entire Islamic world, about her new post.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Religious channels are
planting the seeds of intolerance and extremism in the minds of young people through using unqualified clerics on their
programs instead of official Azhar scholars.
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
The current
massive social, political and economical crises and attitudes of disrespect towards women in society have
led to recent
sexual assaults in Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2005
Muslim organizations in Germany unified under one umbrella, just as happened earlier in France. Some 40 out of 50 Islamic organizations met in Hamburg and decided to unite and cooperate to make the Muslim community in Germany stronger to deal with the state on bases of more respect, representation...