Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Farīdah Muhammad reports on the statements of Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá about the pope’s decision to withdraw from modifying the panel to elect the patriarch. Mūsá blamed the pope for not fulfilling his promise to modify the panel.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2008
Zākhir comments on Pope Shenouda’s declaration in an interview on the Egyptian TV. He blame the church for the Coptic youth’s lack of religious education and church education alleged by Pope Shenouda III.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2008 to Friday, February 22, 2008
The article discusses the film Hasan wa-Marqus [Hasan and Marqus] that deals with the dangers of religious extremism.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The author condemns a recent cell phone video that was meant to damage national unity. He calls to find the individuals responsible for making it, and have them stand trial.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2008
Councilor Labīb attributes the Christians’ immigration to the fundamentalist Islamization imposed by some fundamentalist groups that aim to establish Islamic theocracies.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The article reports on the decisions of Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, shaykh of the Azhar, to permit women to work as ma’dhūns, and to allow female students to travel abroad without mahrams.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hānī Labīb praises the Azhar University’s decision to allow students to participate in student activities during the mid-year school holiday.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2008 to Friday, February 22, 2008
The conservative cleric Yūsuf al-Badrī has requested that the Islamic Dā‘iyah Su‘ād Sālih publicly repent over three fatwás concerning her stances toward artists, as well as her rejection of divorce via SMS.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled last weekend in favor of 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later reverted to their original Christianity and were officially accepted in the Church, and wished to claim their legal rights as Christians. While Christian public and human and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Shūrá Council has approved a project law to prevent demonstrations in houses of worship. The majority of Egyptian political parties and authorities approved the decision, but certain people have expressed their opposition to it.