Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2005
After Ms. Carmen Weinstein was appointed as president of the Jewish Community Council in Egypt, Jewish groups around the world think it is time to request control of their properties. Even though Ms. Weinstein refuses to cooperate with foreign groups, she had requested control of the properties.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The exaggeration about the comparison between the role of traditional Islam and the Coptic Orthodox Church is simple. It is not the difference in attitude but in numbers/statistics. Copts simply do not have the numbers to seek power as Islamists do.
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2005
Religious tourism is one of the most important sources of promoting tourism in Egypt. That is why Egypt has promoted the treasures mentioned in the holy books, and how heaven cared about our blessed lands.
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
We could never understand the mindset in the Arab region without being fully aware of its envisaging of the Western cultural product.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
An extended summary of seven articles in a Dutch daily newspaper describing an average Christian family in a Muslim society. Two family members and the editor of AWR responded to the text. The article gives a good description of what it is to be an average Christian in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Father Basilius of the Monastery of Makarius responds to the articles of Dr. John Watson [week21] and Amīr Mīlād [week 22] about the Wādī al-Rayyān, providing more details, showing the hierarchical structure of the church that does not accept individual monks going their own way.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2005
A masters thesis in the archives department of Tanta University studied the publishing industry of the Christian book. The research describes the history of publishing Christian books in Egypt since the twenties of the nineteenth century.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
The recent ten-chapter book of Chief Justice Tāriq al-Bishrī, “the National Group…Between Loneliness and Integration” discussed many faces of the issue of nationalism and the different groups living under that umbrella.
Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2005
The Congressional Committee on Religious Freedom added Egyp again to the list of states monitored for violations against religious freedoms. The violations against Egyptian Muslim and Christian minorities triggered the American concerns and thus actions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
Yousuf Sidhum mentions cases of a number of Copts who experienced some troubles with issuing their computerized ID documents when such documents were issued with incorrect information—the applicants being listed as Muslims instead of their actual Christian identity.