Date of source: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Poverty and ignorance provided fertile soil for sectarian sedition to grow in the Tūmah village in al-Mahallá al-Kubrá.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The author highlights the comparisons some observers made between Obama and other personalities after the U.S. president’s speech at Cairo University on June 4, 2009.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Darwin’s theory of evolution is still rejected in Egypt. However, Islamic thinker Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī highlights common points between Darwin’s ideas and those of Muslim scholars, mainly the Brethren of Purity. The Catholic Church also noted the development in tackling Darwin’s ideas in the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 6, 2009 to Friday, June 12, 2009
Tackling Coptic issues in the media seems to create tensions and heated arguments. ‘al-Mu‘allim Ya‘qūb al-Ustūrah wa al–Haqīqah’ [Chief Ya‘qūb; the Legend and Reality] is a new book that has angered some Copts and created controversy
Date of source: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Prominent Islamic dā‘iyah cAmr Khālid responds to news that been circulated about his alleged exile.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2008
The author comments on the Muslim arrival in Egypt and the way Christians were being treated before Islam arrived.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2008
Al-Musawwar has issued a report indicating that the use of religious programs on mobile phones may incite sectarian tension.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2008
‘Abd al-Rahīm says that there are continuous reconciliation sessions between the monks and the Bedouins in Abū Fānā. The most recent problem arose over the Governor’s decision that the fence should be one meter and half high. The monks said that the fence should be three meters high.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The author reports that 24 people who come from the same village were sentenced to death. Their relatives assert that they
were innocent and that some of them were not involved in the attacks and never left the village.
Date of source: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Expatriate Copts of Europe will follow in the steps of their fellows in the U.S and organize demonstrations in Europe simultaneous to those organized in the U.S. Their stance is controversial and people differ in their view of their activities.