Date of source: Monday, June 23, 1997
The bloc of infidelity secures its activity The
article discusses a
report by the Azhar Scholars Front attacking the well-known Islamic scholar Hassan Hanafy. Dr.
Abdel Mo’iti
Bayoumi, former dean of the prestigious Azhar College of Religious Fundamentals, had the courage
to come to
the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 13, 2006
This review deals with the controversy still blazing over the split of
clergyman Max Michel from the mother Coptic Orthodox Church, and his establishment of Qur’ān independent church and a
holy synod for Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Veteran journalist Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal
speaks on
Al-Jazeera channel about his experiences with the Muslim Brotherhood and his meeting with the
founder and leader of
the group, as well as commenting on the group’s illicit activities, such as the
assassination of Egypt’s
Prime Minister al-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 13, 2006
The
movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code, will not
be seen in Egypt
when it is released worldwide on May 19, 2006, ‘Abd al-Latīf Jābir writes
in al-Sharq
al-Awsat of May 10, 2006. The controversy comes as the movie claims that Jesus married Mary
Magdalene...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
This article is a review of ‘Abd al-
‘Azīz Jamāl al-Dīn’s
book, "The history of Egypt" which deals with the
Christian revolutions in Egypt and the Crusaders.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The author argues that political and cultural imbalances are behind the problems Egypt is facing, criticizing the language of dialogue between deputies in parliament and the failure to agree, from a national perspective, on a decision to end the state of emergency, in effect since 1981.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria has given orders to defrock two priests for violating the
church’s teachings.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006 to Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Egyptian intellectuals express their
views on the
reason behind the Alexandria incident in particular and sectarian tension in Egypt in general.
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2006
The sectarian incident in Alexandria has created uproar among
the Copts. Egyptian
intellectuals and clergy men have reacted to it. The reactions of expatriate Copts were
also observed.