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15. The Islamic conquest of Egypt
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Two different articles in Sout al-Azhar and al-Musawar handled the Islamic conquest of Egypt and its motives and circumstances. The article of Sout al-Azhar attributed the conquest to the importance of Egypt due to its geographical situation and its historical prestige as head of civilization...
9. The Muslim Brotherhood fires the second shot by backing a Coptic candidate, who has disavowed them
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A short article, which appeared in a foreign publication, regarding the Muslim Brotherhood’s backing of a Coptic candidate [for the next parliamentary elections], raised much speculation, especially when the Coptic candidate, a lawyer, revealed that he had not been told the whole story.
20. A centennial of delusion and takfir
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
9. Muslim scholars respond to claims about the spread of Islam by the sword
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim scholars...
25. Blaming the Victim: the Arab media ignores the attack and concentrates on the response
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
On the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the author reflects on the coverage of terrorist attacks by the Arab media. He expresses his disappointment that the victims of such attacks tend to be blamed and condemned. The author asserts that the real reason behind such conflict is the “thousand...
8. The persecution of Copts in Egypt
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
2. Copts and national unity
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
The author sees groups inside and outside Egypt as plotting against the country’s national unity. These are Zionists in the USA and terrorists inside Egypt. He gives examples from history. Whatever happens, he argues that national unity must remain intact and the Coptic Orthodox Church proved to be...
3. How can we ever enter the new century with all this blind fanaticism
Date of source: Wednesday, October 29, 1997
Subtitle:Please bury the dead man and stop crying on his graveA complaint about religious fanaticism and a lady’s personal experience of what she sees as religious discrimination.
3. Lawyers against sectarian mutiny
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Subtitle:- Three Christian lawyers defend the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who is accused of insulting Egyptian Christians.Last April, one of the weekly papers published declarations that were alleged to have been made by the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, in which he was...
6. A new law to organize building churches and mosques
Date of source: Monday, July 28, 1997
Subtitles:Will the Ministry of Justice cancel the hamayouni law? Copts use the administrative court to appeal against the lawA report to the court "The law has been cancelled for 124 years""Will the Ministry of Justice cancel the hamayouni law?" asks the author. It is this law that restricts...

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