Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The article reviews a four-article series published in the daily al-Ahrār on a recent book by Max Michel Hannā – known as Bishop Maximus – on his personal experience with leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as his so-called reformatory tendency.
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2008
The article presents the responses from Egyptian newspapers over the republication of the offensive drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2008 to Sunday, March 2, 2008
Over two days, Sālim al-Sharīf presents two papers that were discussed in the Coptic Conference for activating citizenship rights in Egypt. He presents the papers of Ihāb ‘Azīz, the head of the Coptic-American Friendship Association, and that of Dr. Nabīl cAbd al-Malik, the head of the Canadian...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Scores of thinkers has attacked the Cairo First Conference on the Activation of Citizenship, saying it promotes sectarianism and raises wonders about the nature of relationship between the expatriate Copts in the West and foreign political powers.
Date of source: Friday, February 22, 2008
The article reviews an economic study prepared by Dr. Huwaydā ‘Adlī, an assistant teacher at Misr University for Science and Technology, which was entitled, ’Arabs in diaspora: Problems of merging and their impact on development in the Arab world.’
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2008 to Friday, February 29, 2008
Although the banned Muslim Brotherhood group has been subjected to a massive security crackdown that resulted in the arrest of hundreds of its members and key figures, it has announced that it would run in the forthcoming elections for the local councils.
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2008
The article reports on Egypt’s political, religious, and public reaction toward recent republication of blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish and European press.
Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2008
The article discusses the emergence of a trend to file lawsuits, in which the plaintiffs demand either official recognition of their belief, as in the case of the Bahā’īs, or the right to convert from one religion to another.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2008
The article reports on a statement made by the undersecretary of the Azhar, Dr. ‘Umar al-Dīb, in which he has eliminated the possibility of recognizing the revival of the suspended Azhar Scholars’ Front.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The controversial statements of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sparked contradictory reactions. While Western and Christian observers attacked him, Muslim thinkers and intellectuals hailed him as a wise just clergyman. The Egyptian media reacted more to the angry reactions than to the...