Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
A writer calls on grating more freedom to national
press so
that it would not collapse under competition from independent press and become like official
bulletins such as
Izvestia and Pravda during the Soviet era.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
A critique of the strict censoring of religious films maintained by the Azhar. The authors warn of similar rigidity by the church.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article discusses the manipulation of religious issues by some newspapers
in order to increase
their sales.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article discusses
the
sequestration of foreign newspapers in Egypt, in the light of the decision to ban three foreign newspapers
accused of offending Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 10, 1997
Subtitle:1 - The attitude of the pope towards the emigrant Copts is not decisive, though they have betrayed the home country.2 - The church should not be limited to talking about the problems of the Copts. It has a general social role that it should undertake.The author argues that neither the...
Date of source:
Subtitle:Who has the right to tolerate in the religion of our God?
Who is the greatest, the Imam or
our God?An interview with Dr. Yehya Ismael, the secretary general of the
Front of Azhar Scholars,
about the battle which the front has started against the Sheikh of the Azhar, Dr. Mohammed...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 10, 1997
The Sheikh of the Azhar has sent a letter to the Shiaa
conference in London
trying to bridge the divide between Sunnis and Shiites, while not stirring up anger from
Sunnis, in
particularly the Azhar Scholar’s Front.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 29, 1997
Subtitle:Please bury the dead man and stop crying on his graveA complaint about religious
fanaticism and a lady’s personal experience of what she sees as religious discrimination.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 1997
Further
titles:- Who said that freedom of thought is more holy than the sacred symbols.- Do you
think
that the president of America could tell Larry King that he was married to a Muslim Shiaa
woman.- To
measure the greatness of a civilization is not only by knowing how sublime it can be, but...