Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Coptic thinker Milād Hannā accused the government of not considering the harmonization of Muslims and Copts as it was in 1919. This was when both religions rejected foreign interference in Egypt’s affairs together, including the internationalization of Coptic issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The following presents an interview with Tarek Heggy at the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation. Drs. Cornelis Hulsman and staff members discuss sensitive issues throughout the Arab world.
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2007
During its campaigns for the Shūrá Council elections, the Muslim Brotherhood issued an electoral platform that underlines the importance of general freedoms. Believing that Copts are welcome to all posts, it also supports the role played by the church in implementing social norms. The platform is...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court has rejected requests of 45 Christians who temporarily converted to Islam and asked to return to Christianity. The court considered this a manipulation of both religions, differentiating between their cases and the religious freedom that is provided by the law and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
This press review presents a summary of a series of articles published in Rose al-Yūsuf. Hānī Labīb writes about the history of the relationship between the pope as the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and the president of the Republic of Egypt from the mandate of Jamāl ‘Abd al-Nāsir until the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Within days of leaking news about the main features of the platform of the proposed Muslim Brotherhood party, scores of political powers and thinkers have warned that the party could be acting against the law because it would be based on religious references. Such fears have impacted the...
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For the third week in a row, Wafā’ Costantine still dominates the scene in Egypt. Her story has become a burning issue, even more compelling than the Palestinian issue. [Editor: for a background of this issue see AWR, 2004, week 51, art. 13]
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The Abū al-Matāmīr tensions triggered a full-page article in Sawt al-Ummah newspaper claiming that Israel wants to declare a Coptic state in Upper Egypt or Hurghada. Other discussions followed the tensions, some of them very emotional.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Following the death of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide Counselor Ma?moun al-Hudaiby, the outlawed group chose Muhammad Helal as an acting Supreme Guide. Six days later the Brotherhood decided on the name of its new Supreme Guide, ending all discussions and speculations on the conflict within the...
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Magdy Khalil, a Coptic writer in the US, wrote a series of three articles in Watani
newspaper under a general title "A Returnee from Cairo." In this series, he comments on the conditions of Copts in
Egypt. al-Arabi, mouthpiece of the Nasserist Party, and Islamic independent Aqidati highly...