Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
One of the protesters, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Mon‘im, 30, said he was forced to leave his country and leave everything he possessed to come to Egypt with his family after the war crushed their nation and security risks reached their peak.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2005
The Coptic Orthodox Church launches its first Coptic channel on November 14, 2005.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
Christians throw the ball in the Muslims’ court when they say that the street is thronging with audiotapes that attack their beliefs in public without the least consideration for their feelings. Some Muslims say that such cassettes are simply a reaction to Christian attacks on Islam.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
Delegates of the Episcopal Church from over 150 countries have commended the tolerance of Islam and amity they experienced in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2005
Maximus Youhannā, Metropolitan of Egypt’s seat in the Holy Orthodox Synod in the U.S. has emphasized that expatriate Copts are keen on national unity.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
Fārouq al-Tawīl argues that the press are responsible for much of the sectarian sedition in Egypt, and that until it behaves in a responsible, informative, non-sensationalist fashion, events like the Alexandria violence will continue.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
A discussion of the reaction of the Egyptian press to the events in Alexandria, where Muslims demonstrated against a play, produced by the Mar Girgis Church, that they considered offensive to Islam.
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It is argued that the solutions offered by the Muslim Brotherhood to deal with the nation’s problems are a far cry from Islam, since the group’s founder, Hasan al-Bannā, took what he needed from Islam strictly to serve his political project: reaching power by force.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
Dr. Muhammad Fattouh argues that the hijāb is a key element to the period of historical transition Egyptian society is going through.
Date of source: Monday, November 7, 2005
The Ministry of Awqāf [Religious endowments] has decided to standardize the times of Ādhān in all the mosques in Cairo.