Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
This
report, written by several authors, deals with the beginning and
remarkable events in the life of the founder of
the Muslim Brotherhood and its first murshid, Hasan
al-Bannā. He still has a strong ideological
influence on this most prominent political group.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
Max Michel, who broke away
from the
official Coptic Orthodox Church and founded an independent church in the area of al-Muqattam, says in this
interview that sectarianism is now characterizing the way that Muslims and Christians deal with each other
and even
among Christians themselves.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Muhammad Fayyād, claimed that he had followed the advice of
his lawyer and sought ‘Azīz’s support to help him claim his right to the endowments. However
he alleges that he misused this to appropriate the disputed endowments. In response to these claims,
Ibrāhīm challenges the claimant to produce...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The author discusses the two day conference organized by Coptic author Kamāl Zākhir Mūsa about reform that is needed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Orthodox Church has been trying to prevent this conference from taking place but it will start on the same day that Pope Shenouda celebrates...
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
In response to a letter sent to al-Fajr by lawyer
Zakarīyā Zakī Ibrāhīm in defense of his client, who was accused of appropriating
Islamic endowments of 4 billion L.E., the author says that ‘Azīz has ignored previous
allegations
about appropriating a piece of land in Alexandria worth 1.5...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
As a way of honoring the deceased archpriest
Father Matta al-
Maskīn, the Margus Magazine, a publication of Saint Makarius Monastery, issued a
book containing his
diaries which he wrote in 1978 and which he ordered not to be published until after his
death.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The author raises many questions around suspicious land purchase deals and untraceable
source of money.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Two weeks ago, al-Fajr published a letter sent in by a Bahā’ī reader, who discussed in detail the principles of the Bahā’ī faith. In its issue of June 19, 2006, al-Fajr publishes two more letters sent in by Muslim readers responding to what they described as falsehoods contained in the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
A review of the
death of Father Matta al-Maskīn, who led a mystical life at the desert and was an inspiration to many
young
monks, at the age of 87.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
A recent Administrative
Judicial Court ruling allowing Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion recognized on official
documents and the issue of Bahā’ī marriage have been a subject of heated debate in the
Egyptian press.