Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Editor AWR: Both Cardinal Patriarch Antonius Naguib (Cardinal of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt) and AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman were asked to give presentations about the place of Christians in Egypt today on occasion of "The Parlamentarischer Abend" (informal evening meeting of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
After being released from prison where he had been detained for the assassination of the late Egyptian president, 'Ānwar al-Sadāt, 'Abūd al-Zumur announced his will to form a coalition between the most prominant Islamic streams.
The coalition will include jihād organization, al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
Dr. Sayyid al-Qimnī, Egyptian writer and Thinker, writes a special article about the revolution, and how the second article in the constitution is affected by the political Islam.
The following article was taken from his blog at http://quemny.blog.com
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
The Military Council announced a decision to release sixty prisoners who served half their time in jail. Among them are some political prisoners.
Furthermore, Tāriq 'Abd al-Mawjūd al-Zumur and ‘Abūd ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Zumur, who were accused to be involved in the murder of, ex-president Muhammad...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood has announced in a statement that it plans to form a political party after the amendment of the constitution and the unrestricted formation of political parties is permitted.
It has also asked the armed forces to set a timetable for the constitutional amendments and for...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman: Dr. Michael Burslem (78) is a retired Canadian medical doctor and is a longtime friend of mine. He and his wife usually spend the winter months in Cairo when weather is substantially more pleasant in Egypt then in Canada and they spend the summers in Canada when...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
President Husnī Mubarāk issued a Republican decree appointing ten members in the Parliament, seven out of ten are Copts for the first time during his ruling; and one woman.
Copts negative reactions about appointing the Copt Jamāl 'As'ad 'Abd al-Malāk was obvious on internet discussions.
Worth...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
This story reports on the recent calls for realizing former president Anwar al-Sādāt’s vision of a unified state with equal rights and duties for all citizens. In the past, it was the upcoming October War in 1973 that motivated Sadat to introduce a bill on national unity. Today, it is the...
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Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction.