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6. Pope Shenouda is expected to meet with the Commission on Religious Freedom and Al-Fiqi emphasizes that it [the committee] does not interfere in Egypt’s domestic affairs
Date of source: Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Coptic sources expected Pope Shenouda would change his stance and agree to meet with members of the committee. Dr. Mustafa Al-Fiqi, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, stated that the [American] committee would not discuss issues related to Egyptian domestic affairs. Al-...
9. Religious scholars call for the necessity to work on correcting the false image of Islam in the minds of the people of Europe and on introducing them to the core of Islam
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
The article presents the opinion of two Islamic scholars and preachers, Dr. Abdel Hakam Al-Sa’idi and Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen, concerning the idea of the Islamic religious discourse. They explain that any deficiency the Islamic religious discourse suffers from is because of religious scholars...
11. President Mubarak, one more time: Egypt of the Muslims and Copts
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2005
The concept of citizenship rights forms the basis of the relationship between the citizen and the State. In this context, it is hoped that the ‘religion’ box [which identifies the holder’s religion, on his or her identification documents] would be abolished from official papers.” The words belong...
27. “The other”: Between the hijab as the symbol of identity, and the bathing suit as the symbol of freedom
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
In dealing with the “other”, we need to engage ourselves openly with other cultures by attempting to understand their ways of thinking, identities, hopes and various philosophies. This should be accomplished without compromising our Egyptian identity, just as the “other” would not compromise his...
15. Muslims in the eyes of the West. An extravagant rich person or a terrorist!
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
A conference was held at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the image of the Arabs in the eyes of other civilizations. The conference aimed at finding a formula by which to confront the Western attack against Arabs and Muslims following the 11th September attack.
49. Informative report and a new suit against the Sunday Telegraph
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
The People’s Assembly and Shoura Council members from Sohag have announced their strong condemnation of the rude letter sent from the British Lord to Sohag’s governor.
6. Report on the Persecution of Christians by the Council of Churches of the City of New York after its Visit to Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Because of the attack of Selim Naguib, the RNSAW included the full text of the Report of the Council of Churches which concludes "It does not appear that the national government condones any acts of persecution of the Christian minority in Egypt." But " This is not to say that there is no...

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