Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Dr. Ramsīs ‘Awaḍ reviews Robert Satloff’s book ’Among the Righteous.’
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The issue of the proportional representation of Copts was once discussed during the formulation of the 1923 Constitution but was opposed by many Copts who did not want to be granted special parliamentary guarantees other than what are granted to all Egyptian people
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ismā‘īl tackles the concept of "state of religion" in Islām.
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Titles concern the return of Coptic endowments to the Coptic Orthodox Church which the service has reported for the last two weeks. Sami Fahmi gives an account in Al-Ahali of the procedures of the handing over of the endowments. No new arguments were added in these articles.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In an escalation of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on
the Muslim Brotherhood, security authorities dealt a blow to the outlawed group’s financial muscle as it arrested a
number of businessmen affiliated to the group.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Egyptian papers run dozens of articles on a variety of
subjects directly or indirectly related to the Muslim Brotherhood’s military-style rally at Azhar University’s
campus. Analysts and commentators saw the Brotherhood’s military-style protest from various, but still close,
perspectives, with...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2002
The prosecution department of Minya investigated the priest of the Holy Virgin
church in Beni Walmis. The priest said that he could not identify the persons who attacked the church because he is
a new comer to the village. He denied that one of the Christians shot bullets as a celebration of the...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
After the Muslim Brotherhood announced their plan to change the ‘banned’ group into a legal political party, many voices were raised in an evaluation of the group’s role in the political life throughout its history.
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...