Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The author discusses the failure of a group called Egyptians against
Religious
Discrimination, which advocates equality between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, due to the
members’
inability to overcome their religious sentiments.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author suggests ways for the Copts to obtain their civil and constitutional rights, urging Copts to struggle for their freedom by all possible means through their churches and organizations.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Hānī Labīb writes about the politicization of the Coptic Church and the
political
participation of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Amin Makram Ebeid discusses the rule of Muhammad Ali, who prepared Egypt for a secular form of democracy, and his successors, and wonders whether the age of tolerance in Muslim-Christian relations ended with the failure of the liberal era.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Midhat
Bishāy examines the issue of removing
religious data from identification cards and sees the stances of the
advocates of the idea as contradictory
and intriguing.
Date of source: Sunday, July 30, 2006
The author regrets the fact that the anticipated report from the fact-finding committee established after recent sectarian violence in Alexandria was not produced by the deadline of May 16 and now the current Parliamentary round has expired. He compares this to the report produced after sectarian...
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
In this article the
author discusses
American strategies for interfering in religious, political and educational matters in Egypt,
particularly
in relation to the Orthodox Church and al-Azhar.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
During his participation in a conference of expatriate Copts in
New
York a few weeks ago, the deputy chairman of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization (EUHRO),
Māhir
Khallah, accused the organizers of the conference of distorting the image of Egypt abroad by
representing
individual...
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author complains about the absence of Coptic names from the list of students who gained the highest grades in the thānawīya ‘amma [Egyptian high school].
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
This article analyzes reasons why aggression is present in the discourse between young Muslims and Christians and questions how the problem can be solved.