Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights discusses the issue of omitting religion from identity cards.
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2007
The Center for Arab-West Understanding presents its annual report for 2006, highlighting the objectives achieved and the goals for the upcoming year. 2006 was landmarked by growing toward the Center for Arab-West Understanding, and laying the basis for an electronic documentation center.
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Egyptian TV series ?Knight without a Horse,? is still raising an issue. Egypt and other Arab countries have
aired the series despite Israeli objection and American pressure. The American and Israeli embassies in Egypt decided
to watch the series to judge whether it contains anything that can be...
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Judiciary independence and national pride are dominating the Egyptian reactions to the US threat
to cut aid to Egypt on protest to the seven-year imprisonment sentence given to Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s American
wife says that the crisis will be solved in Egypt without American pressure.
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National pride has led Egypt to
strongly criticize the American decision to freeze additional foreign aid to Egypt in protest of the prosecution of
human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Observers believe the decision is an effort to influence Egyptian
policies.
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The Supreme State Security Court sentenced
Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years in jail on the charge of receiving donations from the European Union without having
a legal permission. Ibrahim expressed his surprise at the fact that the court gave its ruling in a very short time and
said the...
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Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
The British Embassy in Cairo has hosted a
reception to discuss the rare manuscripts of al-Siryān Monastery and ways to preserve them as part of
the
great Coptic heritage and Egyptian civilization.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The former prime minister
of The Netherlands, Prof. Andreas Van Agt, is to launch Sunday the website of the Cairo
-based Center for
Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) with former Egyptian ministers, Dr. Mamdouh al-
Biltājī, Dr. Ahmad Juwīlī and Mr. Ahmad Māhir.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
The author argues that fatwas need to take into account the present time in a way that should make people’s lives better, stressing the need to develop religious discourse and focus on the sublime values and ethics that all religions and beliefs call for.