Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
During elections of The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), both Pope Shenouda III and the deputy Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, Bishop Yūḥannā Qultah, have been entitled as emeritus presidents.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Various responses to the Vatican’s initiative to hold inter-religious dialogue meetings with Muslims are detected. Some described the initiative as a positive step towards Islam-West understanding; others condemned the notion of inter-religious dialogues in the first place, believing that dialogue...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The following lines present more details about the Jihād introspections, their advocates and their opponents. While some people consider Imām’s revisions a turning point in the history of the Islamic groups, many observers doubt the authenticity of the revisions.
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2007
Last week’s Egyptian press tended to reflect on the reasons behind and potential consequences of the eye-catching phenomenon of Niqāb-clad women prevailing in all classes of society.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2007
Press releases in Egyptian newspapers last week highlighted the repercussions to the conference on citizenship that was organized by the National Council for Human Rights. Many reporters considered the conference to be one of a long queue of intellectual fruitless gatherings.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
al-Bannā discusses three issues in Egypt today; namely, torture, Fatwás, and the announcement of a nuclear project.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
In the article, the three main Eastern Orthodox churches, Coptic, Armenian and Syrian, have agreed upon choosing Pope Shenouda III as an emeritus president of the Orthodoxy family in the Middle East Council of Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, November 22, 2007
Hishām Qāsim criticizes the national press in Egypt and foretells its end in favor of the private press.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007 to Friday, November 30, 2007
The article shows attacks on the banned Muslim Brotherhood’s proposed manifesto and responses of the group’s leaders.
Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court has extended procedures on the appeal lodged by a number of born-Christians who converted temporarily to Islam until January 12. They have appealed against a previous ruling that prohibited having Christianity listed in their official papers.