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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2012
The trial of a Salafī preacher and others on charges of disdaining Christianity started on Sunday (September 30) as the environs of the court saw clashes between Islamists supporting the defendants and Copts before the session was adjourned to October 14. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Hayāt, Oct. 1, p...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Al-Dustūr features Jamāl al-Bannā and writes about his life and ideas.
Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Watani interviewed the Islamic scholar Jamal al-Bannā about his views concerning; the church, his opinion that religions do not contradict each other and his explanations for the growing extremism in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2008
The author comments on the recent visit of the Roman Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S. and the relationship of the Catholic church with other religions.
Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2008
The article discusses the emergence of a trend to file lawsuits, in which the plaintiffs demand either official recognition of their belief, as in the case of the Bahā’īs, or the right to convert from one religion to another.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī describes the Bahā’īs as murtadds who should be imprisoned.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The article comments on a Supreme Administrative Court ruling to allow 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later returned to Christianity to reclaim their legal rights as Christians.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit that called for the Copts’ conference to be canceled.