Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The crisis of al-Kushh village which changed its name to al-Salām, in Sohag governorate, seems to experience a breakthrough after Bishop Wīsā, the bishop of al-Bilīnā, issued a decree to pardon the fourteen suspended priests.
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The article sheds light on actors who retired because of wearing the Ḥijāb and their attitude toward art. The actors’ opinions are published over the Internet.
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
A Supreme Administrative Court ruling denying Egyptian
Bahā’īs the right to have their religion recognized on official documents has
sparked
heated controversy in human rights circles. The ruling stated that the
Bahā’ī faith is
not a religion, hence it should not be listed on identification...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The author discusses the conference held in Iran to deny the Holocaust, and wonders
why there is no conference being organized to counter these accusations.
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2006
An unresolved crisis now appears to be affecting relations between the Coptic Orthodox
Church
and the independent Christian newspaper Watanī.
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
Youssef Sidhum commemorates 48 years of Watanī International, and pledges to maintain their
high journalistic standards, integrity and objectiveness.
Date of source: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Denmark, which provoked an outcry in Egypt due to the
offensive cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad, permitted the appearance of a veiled Muslim presenter on its
television contrary to Egypt which considers
veiled presenters a diabolical thing.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The
author comments on killing a Catholic 16-year-old girl
in Minia because of her relation with a Muslim man.
He says that it was the first incident of murder to occur
inside a Catholic community, which shows that it
has been influenced by the Orthodox religious hard-liners and the
violence...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The
article reports on the activities of a youth gathering entitled, ‘Creation and
Religions as Sources of
Unity’ that took place between November 30 and December 2 in Aleppo, Syria.