Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim states that Islamic law is marked by its tolerance and simple rules, and that Islam urges the protection of non-Muslims living in Muslim countries..
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he personally condemned the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten. In an interview with the Danish TV2 station, Rasmussen said that he respected religious beliefs and that would prevent him from depicting Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious symbol...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The author states that Menachem Begin claimed that his ancestors had helped build the Pyramids but that this is untrue.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Many Egyptian Christians and U.S. Copts argue that the Hamayouni decree, an Ottoman law dating back to 1856, is still in effect, even though it was officially annulled in 1914 when Egypt was declared a British protectorate.
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
Reviewer: ‘Amr al-Misrī
One person has been killed and around 17 injured in Muslim-Christian clashes in the village of al-‘Udaysāt, Luxor, after Muslims allegedly attacked a church, which had been built without a license. A local priest accused the security forces of being slow to intervene.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Dr. Bibāwī argues that Egyptian textbooks, across all educational stages from primary to undergraduate, have deliberately ignored Coptic history from 58 CE to 640 CE.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
In response to the angry Muslim reaction to the 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, the Danish ambassador to Egypt, Bjarne Sorensen has declared that Denmark has the greatest respect for Islam and offers his apologies.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The Brotherhood participation in the democratic process, if genuine, constitutes a qualitative leap that entails the renunciation of violence, refraining from the takfīr [to rule that someone is infidel] ideology and accepting peaceful political activities as a means to reach power.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2005
After negotiations failed to end a three month long sit in being staged by Sudanese refugees in a public square in central Cairo, security forces took measures to end the protest, resulting in a stampede, which killed 25 Sudanese. 76 Egyptian policemen were also injured after demonstrators hurled...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
The author argues that Copts prefer to wail and weep over their marginalized role in political elections, rather than take a stance and register their names in electoral tables.