Date of source: Friday, January 13, 2006
A Coptic engineer submits a proposal for constructing a mosque in Banī Suwayf
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
A priest has called on a governor to initiate renovations of his town’s grand mosque.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
Many Muslims and Christians enter each other’s places of worship in order to condole friends over the death of relatives or to congratulate them on the occasions of weddings. The author states that the proximity between churches and mosques has no bearing on sectarian tensions.
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
Dr. Bibawy is the author of sixteen books, a Ph.D. five times over, and going for the sixth. He has been very bold in the face of repeated criticism from Christians who believe he is too much of an advocate for Islam. In this interview Dr. Bibawy answers questions related to Christian-Muslim...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 19, 2002
The Ministry of Waqfs stipulated new terms for building mosques. Some people believe they are necessary to end building mosques at random and to preserve their civilized appearance. Others believe they put restraints on the freedom of building mosques and mix between state-run and non-governmental...
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Some people think that the new conditions imposed on the building of mosques are a conspiracy. However, there is a pressing need to establish rules on the building of the mosques. According to the Qur’an and the sunna, a mosque could be used to spread temptation and insecurity among Muslims. That’s...
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
The Minister of Awqaf explained that the reason for establishing the new conditions for building mosques was not to limit the building of the mosques. It is an issue of organizing that aims at saving the sanctity of the mosques and their civilized appearance. He added that these conditions would...
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2005
The People’s Assembly of Egypt (Parliament) has decided to ratify a new law, next June, to regulate the building, restoration and preservation of the houses of worship of the three religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments] put new conditions on building mosques. The conditions for building mosques include that the residential area be in real need of building a mosque. A minimum of 500 meters should separate one mosque from another. The conditions also include that anyone who...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
The article consists of two parts. The first part is the letter Watani received from Mr. Hisham Talaat Mustafa, chairman of the board of Al-Rehab company, in response to Watani’s editorial of 21 March dealt with a complaint of Christian residents of the new Cairo town of al-Rihab. The original town...