Date of source: Sunday, December 28, 2008
In Egypt a popular level of religion exists whereby celebrations of the Virgin Mary have had both Muslim and Christian participants.
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
The author discusses the dominance of Islam in the school curriculum in Egypt, considering this a “cultural purification” against people of other religions that contradicts international human rights resolutions. He has prepared a study of the Arabic language curriculum in elementary and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
The author highlights incidents in Egypt in the last month that deal with religions and relations between Muslims and Christians, he believes that these incidents are representative of Egyptian attitude in general toward religions. He concludes by wondering if Egypt is going backwards.
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The author discusses salafism and refers to its origin and definition throughout the Islamic history.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
The article chronicles the appearance of famous dā‘iyahs in Egypt and covers the on-going struggle between the new dā‘iyahs and Salafis to take over the status of the publicly-adored dā‘iyah. The absence of an effective role of the Azhar is also questioned.
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2008
Rose al-Yūsuf reports about different opinions regarding the recent decision to ban books written by Jamāl al-Bannā.
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Sidhom highlights the sporting and social club in the 6th October city, a suburb of Cairo, and the rumors that it has been employing a process of Islamization.
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2008
The appearance of bizarre fatwás goes against the tolerant nature of Islam writes Amānī Mājid.
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Christian mother embroiled in a lawsuit with her ex-husband over the custody of their two children has claimed that she will not give custody of her children over to her Muslim husband.
Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Watani interviewed a Christian woman who received an MA in education from Ayn Shams university and is now a teaching fellow in the Arabic department at the university.