Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author of the article, Arwá Hasan, discusses the different reactions to the proposal put forward by the National Council on Human Rights concerning the removal of religious data from official documents such as identity cards.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Many people are arguing about ignoring religion on Egyptian identification cards. Some support the idea and others reject it.
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2006
The author reports on the workshop conducted by the National Council for Human Rights on the religion entry on the Egyptian ID card.
Date of source: Sunday, August 6, 2006
With the
end of the Ḥizb Allāh-Israel war, which claimed nearly 900 lives on both sides, a number of Egyptian writers
have devoted several articles to the issue, raising questions about what they described as the short-sightedness of
the Ḥizb Allāh.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes a book review of Nabīl Louqa Bibāwī’s book, The Problems of Copts in Egypt and their Solutions, written by Al-Ahrām columnist Mahmoud Muntasir and warns against the idea of appeasing those who have returned from the Gulf with fundamentalist ideologies.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
With the attendance of a large number of Egyptian religious and
political figures,
Bishop Antonius Najīb, 71, was ordained yesterday as the new patriarch of Coptic
Catholics in Egypt at
the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The status of Copts in
the Muslim Brotherhood’s literature is the reason why Copts
fear the rise of the Islamic group.
Date of source: Sunday, December 21, 2003
The author comments on the demand of some congressmen that $1 million of American aid be allocated to the Ibn Khaldoun Center. He believes that they were aiming either at sowing discord between the center and people who deal with it or wanted to prove that the center functions under their...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2003
The author comments on the historical and religious status of the Azhar. He believes that the great status of the Azhar is somehow deteriorating. He discussed the reasons behind this in the light of the attitude of the Azhar towards of the fatwa of the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council.
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2006
Sawt al-Umma reports that the Shaykh of the Azhar has accepted an invitation to attend the Hanukah celebration in Egypt, while on the same day, Rose al-Yousuf publishes the Azhar’s denial of the news.