Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The author wonders whether Egyptians are experiencing a stage of creative
chaos, coinciding
with the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Cairo last year. She wonders whether
the people
nurturing this chaos realize that the price of this chaos would be paid by everyone.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes curricula in Egyptian schools, underlining that they teach students how to hate the West, instead of teaching them how to benefit from Western societies’ progress.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
A visiting American delegation hailed the role played by the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in supporting freedoms and the content of its annual reports.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The third
meeting of
the Council for Human Rights and civil society organizations has called for the establishment of a
Ministry
of Human Rights and for changes in Egyptian society to prevent sectarianism and discrimination.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Al-Musawwar had an interview with the vice-president of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Kamāl Abu al-Majd, where he discussed religious, legal, political and security problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The National Human Rights Committee proposes ways of dealing with issues of sectarian sedition, the judges and terrorism and Sinai.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2006
Egypt is listed among the top five countries facing terrorist threats, and the deputy head
of the National Council of Human Rights confirms that the issue of the terrorist bombings needs a social,
cultural
and economic solution.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
In an interview with al-Ahrām, vice president of the National Council of Human Rights, Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abu al-Majd discusses the main four issues of concern to the council. He pays special attention to the basic rights of the citizen and Islamic preaching and institutions.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The Citizenship Committee of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has placed a number of Muslim-Christian issues, including the proposed law on houses of worship in Egypt, at the top of its agenda.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Analysis of the attacks on churches in Alexandria in which one man was killed, skepticism that the man was actually ‘deranged’, as claimed by the Ministry of the Interior and condemnation of the culture of fanaticism that leads to such events.