Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2005
cUrfi [informal] marriages have recently been increasing among young Muslims. They are now also occurring among Christians of different ages and social classes.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark has repeatedly made it clear that Christianity’s stance on divorce is unchangeable.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, the head of the Clerical Council, Bishop Bula, acknowledges the existence of a number of problems faced by Copts in Egypt. He slams the law of 1938 and said it runs contradictory to the teachings of the Holy Bible.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
“The National Council for Human Rights is to have an active role during the upcoming presidential elections through an operating room that is mainly concerned with receiving complaints about any transgressions in the voting process,” Mukhlis Qutb, secretary general of the council, said in an...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
During an interview, Muhammad Mahdi ‘Ākif assured that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a political party or group, but an Islamic umbrella association. It is concerned with education, upbringing, economics, media and even athletics.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Considering the large number of female professors of fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] and shari’a [Islamic law,] who actually practice ifta [fatwa-giving] on satellite channels, newspapers and magazines, isn’t it high time that the giving of fatwas by female jurists is done in an officially recognized...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2002
The article discusses the issue of the right of Coptic writers to raise an Islamic subject and vice versa. The issue surfaced after the article which Christian journalist Mofied Fawzy allegedly wrote about Sheikh Amr Khaled.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2002
The case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a criminal one and is not politically motivated. He is being tried by law and nothing else. When the Court of Cassation overturned the verdict of the Supreme State Security Court, Ibrahim got his legal right to a retrial.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
The Court of Cassation will release its final decision concerning Saad Eddin Ibrahim on January 7. It nullified a seven-year sentence issued twice by the Supreme State Security Court. It will hear a new trial by itself according to law.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Members of the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Committee issued a statement in which they praise all attempts to deepen relations between the Azhar and the Episcopal Church. The statement also condemns the American and Israeli practices in Jerusalem and Iraq. It warns against starting wars in Iraq and...