Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The author notes that the recent conference on orthodox doctrine has sparked
a “conference
war” between the mother Orthodox Church, laymen and Max Michel.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The recent intensive conference seminars, which were supposed to be on doctrine, attacked several Coptic figures and church symbols, including as Father Mattá al-Maskīn, father Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-
Sayyid and Max Michel.
Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2006
Riyād Sayf al-Dīn interviews the Catholic Patriarch in Egypt on issues to do
with the church’s
religious and political role, its stance on the ‘Da Vinci Code’ film and the war in Lebanon and
on dialogue
between Christian denominations and with other religions.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The author speaks
about fundamentalism, noting it has negative impacts not just on the
political arena but also on the arts and on
creative works.
Date of source: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī interviews the owner of al-Dār al -‘Arabīyah Li-al-‘Ulūm[Reviewer: The Arab publishing house for sciences], who is also the Lebanese publisher of Dan Brown’s best selling book, ’The Da Vinci Code.’
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The author questions why, during a recent television interview, the opinions of
two
prominent writers about the ‘Da Vinci Code’ were describes as a rebellion guided by the devil even
though they
stressed that they were against the content of the film.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
The author
criticizes the ‘Da Vinci Code’ movie as
defaming Christ, asserting that freedom of expression does not mean
scorning religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
The third seminar organized by the International Centre for Future and Strategic Studies and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation discussed the issue of cultural dialogue with the west. Participants at the seminar emphasized that efforts are being made to improve understanding and partnership between...
Date of source: Monday, July 3, 2006
Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī states the reasons why he thinks Egypt is heading
towards a religion-based country.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked
considerable
controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the
movie on grounds of
freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.