Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2007
The Administrative Court realized the danger of conversion to Islam for fulfilling personal aims before asking to re-embrace Christianity. The author argues that the church authorization of divorce will solve complicated problems of conversion.
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2007
The present tension in the Coptic Church has been brought about by Coptic groups, similar to the political Islamic groups that use religion to achieve their own political goals. The Coptic Church is under threat of destroying its leading role in national unity and Egyptian history.
Date of source: Thursday, December 28, 2006
Hāzim Munīr discusses the Muslim Brotherhood’s rejection to the proposed constitutional amendments aimed at separating religion from politics. He argues that they indirectly insist on mixing religion and politics in an attempt to religionize politics and add a divine cover on their own beliefs.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Hāzim
Munīr asserts that prohibiting non-Muslims from dealing with Faysal
Islamic Bank is religious discrimination
and consequently a violation of the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, the deputy head of the government’s National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.), says in this interview that it is a right and a duty of the council to express its own views, even if they run counter to the government’s opinions, adding what really preoccupies the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
A critique of a member of the ’Kifāyah’ movement for showing intolerance towards press criticism.
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
The author argues that
Egyptian opposition groups have become more inclined towards seeking
the support of foreign power in order
to pressure the government, reflecting the weaknesses of these groups.
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
The Islamic resistance movement, Hamās, has won a landslide victory in the recent parliamentary elections, raising questions about the future of the Middle East peace process.