Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2008 to Friday, October 24, 2008
Tāriq Mustafá talks about the contradictions of veiled retired actresses’ attitudes. While some of them have devoted themselves to da‘wah, others have imposed conditions on art, and others are somewhere in the middle.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 2008
Different branches of Christianity have their own legislations which can sometimes contradict each other, in this article Labīb Halīm Labīm states that Egyptian jurists must take this into consideration when making personal status decisions.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Coptic Orthodox Church has demanded that Wasfī Dimīān tell his new fiancée that he has already been married.
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2008 to Friday, October 24, 2008
The author criticizes al-Dustūr and its chief editor Ibrāhīm ‘Isá. He says freedom of the press has decreased in Egypt since the 1952 revolution and the various reasons for it. He talks about the court case of ‘Isá and his pardon by the president.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Michael ‘Adil discusses Muslim-Christian dialogue in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Malāk Mu‘awad Surūr’s new collection of short stories explores changes in Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 2008
The principle of citizenship has been allowed to dwindle and peter out while sectarian belonging has garnered more support in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Christians in both India and Iraq are being forced to leave their native land.
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2008 to Friday, October 24, 2008
Hudá al-Misrī interviews Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim, head of the People’s Assembly Religious Affairs Committee, concerning Jamāl al-Bannā’s book: ’Jināyat Qabīlat Hadathnā’ [The crime of the tribe of narrators]. Dr. Farahāt al-Munjī, former general supervisor of the Islamic Research Academy, denounced...
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2008 to Friday, October 24, 2008
Wa’īl Lutfī explores a controversial book by Jamāl al-Bannā which raises doubts concerning the narrators of Prophet Muhammad’s hadīths. This book explores the history of how hadīths were collected and the political circumstances that accompanied them.