Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
This press review investigates the three
consecutive bombings in the Sinai resort of Dahab from an analytical perspective amidst growing suspicions
of the
loyalty of the Bedouins of Sinai to their Egyptian homeland. It also includes suggestions about the
involvement of
al-Qā‘ida network.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Egyptian police have managed to identify the bombers who
carried out the April 24 blasts of the tourist
resort of Dahab, as three North Sinai Bedouin, Mu’min Fārouq
Muhammad ‘Alī, Karīm
Ashraf ‘Abdallāh and Mājid
‘Alī Mahmoud. Two days after the triple blasts,
two suicide bombers attacked...
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak sent
yesterday his warm greetings to Pope
Shenouda III of Alexandria, patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and to
Egyptian Copts abroad, extending his best
wishes for Easter to all Orthodox churches.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The article
deals
with the Alexandria incidents and focuses on the issue of citizenship and the means to promote it, in
order to
avoid the recurrence of sectarian troubles.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
The press review
deals
with the incidents of Alexandria, from an analytical point of view, in an attempt to probe the reasons for
the assault on three churches by an allegedly schizophrenic young man called Mahmoud Salāh, who killed
one
person and injured scores others while shouting Fidāk Yā...
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
A 22-member group, called al-Tā’ifa al-Mansoura
[The victorious denomination]
has been arrested by the Egyptian police for planning terrorist attacks against
tourist sites, gas
pipelines, and a number of top Muslim and Christian clergy.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The
recently discovered Gospel of Judas has caused heated controversy in Christian circles. Despite
having been
rejected by the church, the Coptic manuscript is considered to be of considerable scientific and
historical
value.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The recent ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court recognizing the
Bahā’ī faith in
Egyptian official documents like identity cards, passports or birth certificates
has triggered outcry from
official Muslim religious institutions that vehemently reject the ruling.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Journalists call for President Husnī Mubārak to
fulfill his promise to abolish imprisonment in publishing related cases, but they continue attacking each
other in
the newspapers.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The review tackles the incidents of Alexandria, where a man, alleged by the Ministry
of the Interior to be a lunatic, stormed three churches one after the other, and stabbed worshippers while
chanting Muslim slogans in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.