Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
In the article, Hibah al-Sharqāwī reviews a number of laws which she believes are meant to silence the opposition against the political regime.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Copts are subject to blatant discrimination and the hatred of millions of Muslims in Egypt. However, they have double standards toward the different issues in politics. The government is using Coptic politicians as a "golden brooch in its tie."
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2008
The article reports on the reprint of an offensive caricature of the Prophet Muhammad by many Danish and European newspapers that was made just one day after a plot to murder of its cartoonist was foiled.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Topics that may embarrass participants in the inter-religious dialogue must be avoided because these topics should be discussed between members of the same religion and denomination only.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Various responses to the Vatican’s initiative to hold inter-religious dialogue meetings with Muslims are detected. Some described the initiative as a positive step towards Islam-West understanding; others condemned the notion of inter-religious dialogues in the first place, believing that dialogue...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2007
In the article, the authors respond to a statement that was previously issued by President Mubārak, in which he refused to omit imprisonment as a punishment in cases of publishing. Four years ago, he promised to remove the punishment.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The Egyptian press is still focusing on the case of the four editors-in-chief who were sentenced to jail for spreading rumors and false information about President Mubārak’s health condition. While some observers denounce the jail penalty, others believe that journalists who do not adhere to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Four Egyptian editors have been sentenced to a one-year jail sentence with hard labor and given fines for publishing false information about President Husnī Mubārak suffering from a serious health condition to undermine national security. The following report discusses the reactions of the four...
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Youssef Sidhom considers the rumors about President Mubārak’s health, and questions why Egyptians were so ready to listen to and acknowledge them.
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2007
At a time when the Egyptian press market was still discussing the aftermath of the State Security Prosecution’s interrogation of an independent journalist on charges of spreading rumors about the president’s health, a new wave of anger stormed Egyptian society after a misdemeanor court sentenced...