Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion
articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic
Church in
which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German
university.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2006
This press review deals with a controversial announcement made by Max Michel, a Christian who split from the Coptic Orthodox Church and set up a church in the Muqattam area and named himself Archbishop Maximus I, amidst an outcry from the Egyptian mother church and severe criticism.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
A list of
articles on
the recent controversial press law from a variety of Egyptian news sources.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
The Egyptian prosecution
releases a large number of detained pro-judges
protestors of different political affiliations.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
Two Muslims face charges of contempt of religion for promoting offensive ideas about
Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
The article carries news about the return
home of Pope Shenouda III
of Alexandria from the United States, where he was on a remedial trip.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
An
interview with Michael Munīr,
member of the Republican Party in the U.S. and controversial Coptic
activist who is visiting Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
The governor of Aswān, General Samīr Yousuf, gave al
-Wafd newspaper a
statement that made Nubians pretty angry.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article is on the arrest of 22 terrorists and the killing of seven during clashes between policemen and members of a group, al-Tawhīd wa al- Jihād, suspected of masterminding the Dahab and al-Joura bombings that claimed the lives of a few tourists and many Egyptians in Sinai.