Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
One of Egypt’s best loved actresses has taken up the higab. After this was announced the host of al-Beit-Beitak commented that the actress had finally found illumination and the actress herself spoke to the audience about religious opinions and morality. The author of this article notes the fact...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The article tackles the problems with the Islamic-Christian dialogue, highlighting the problems Copts are facing regarding their integration into Muslim society.
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
The author examines the Egyptian parliament’s seemingly
new interest in sectarianism, and argues
that they should not focus on a mere movie, the Da Vinci Code, but should
address conspiracies that threaten
Islamic-Christian co-existence.
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī says that Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra is used to attacking Christianity and the Holy Bible. Dr. ‘Umāra’s recent anti-Christian book Mulāhazāt ‘Ilmīya ‘Ala Kitāb al-Masīh fī al-Islām lil Duktour Michel Hāyik [Scientific notes on the book of Christ in Islam by...
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author explains that Egyptian Christians are being unfairly linked to the ‘global Christian conspiracy’ against Islam and Muslims reflected in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author writes about the need for the establishment
of a non-
governmental observatory concerned with tracking violations of citizenship [rights], including
materials published
by newspapers that trigger Muslim-Christian tensions.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Discussion of a recent seminar on “Terrorism: the phenomenon and confrontation,” organised by the Forum for cultural dialogue, an affiliate of the Coptic Evangelical Association (CEA) [Ëditor AWR, the name CEA is wrong, this should be CEOSS, Coptic Evangelical Organization of Social Services] in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The author reviews the discussions that have taken place within a recent conference held in Cairo on Muslim-Christian dialogue that dealt with means to promote citizenship and enhance mutual respect between followers of each religious faith.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
The author discusses the problem of conveying the meaning of secularism and secular thought to the average Egyptian, who considers secularism synonymous with atheism.
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
The author asserts that there is a
difference between religiosity and true faith, noting that Egyptian society has a large degree of religiosity but
is suffering from a lack of true faith.