Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
The controversial Coptic activist ‘Adlī Abādīr organizes a conference advocating the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The article explains that the Bahā’is of Egypt are entitled to have their faith acknowledged by the government.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting.
Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write.
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Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jehovah’s Witnesses could break through the Egyptian haphazard societies to spread their preaching. The review provides the historical background of the group and the opinions of some Coptic figures.
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
A number of Coptic citizens from the Upper Egyptian village of al- Kushh complained to Pope Shenouda III, accusing clergymen from al-Kushh’ church of violating its regulations and of appropriating some of the church’s money.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
The review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt amidst a tug-of -war between supporters of the Egyptian Bahā’īs’ right to have their faith openly registered in their identity cards and those denying them any rights and terming them as infidels or apostates.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The main concerns of the Copts that are being discussed are the legislative structure that forms an obstacle to the building of churches and Coptic representation in senior public positions and in parliament. A seminar under the name ‘The Copts of Egypt at a cross-road’ discussed the core of the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with Bahā’ism in Egypt and the attempts by the followers of this faith to obtain official recognition, particularly in light of a recent court ruling holding that the Ministry of Interior ministry should grant them identity cards in which their religion is registered.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
The article reports on the launch of the first campaign of its kind by Egyptian intellectuals to set up a secular grassroots movement. Supporters of this movement have accused political parties of failing to take any positive stands against the escalation of religious fundamentalism.
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2003
The article is an interview with the new Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´a. He comments on the issues of Sufism, renewing the religious discourse, issuing fatwas, modern Islamic preachers, Islam-West relations, apostasy in Islam, hisba lawsuits and applying the hudood [punishments for certain sins] of...