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: 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, July 12, 2006
Political, constitutional and legislative reform and freedom of the press are the main subjects discussed by the author in this article. He compares the current situation with promises made by President Mubārak prior to the last elections.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
The National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs (NDI),
currently headed by the former U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, has
recently declared that it chose
Cairo as the headquarters of a U.S. center, which it says will disseminate
democracy in the Middle East and help...
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author deals with the issue of democracy and how Egypt was a liberal state until the
outbreak
of the 1952 revolution that brought a military regime in power, which disbanded all political
parties and
established a one-party system with no clear political agenda in mind.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
Youssef Sidhom presents the main points which came into focus during a discussion on “Patriarchal Authority and Democratic Practice in Egypt and the Arab World”
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The author reports a
summarized version of the suggestions that were
the focus of the fifth meeting of the Egyptian-German
dialogue that was held lately in Hanover, Germany. The
meeting lasted for five days and was attended by many
researchers, university professors, some Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author affirms in his
article that the Copts are not an ethnic
minority that is separate from the rest of the Egyptian people, urging the
church to stop trying to play a
political role and to shoulder its responsibility of encouraging Copts to
participate in the nation’s
political process...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Patrick Sookhdeo is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, a Christian research organization that specialises in the study of Christian minorities in Islamic states. Born in British Guyana, he converted from Islam to Christianity in his early 20s and now warns,...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The article highlights views by Muslim scholars over the issue of
dialogue with the
Western world.