Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Mijīd Mahmūd assigned a team from prosecution of North Giza to study the suspects status preparing to get them released.
The public prosecutor issued a declaration saying that he got a release petition from some of the prisoners because of their health condition; in...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī summarizes the key opinion pieces that appeared in this weekend’s Egyptian newspapers...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
Sectarian tension is once again the topic of many Egyptian editorialists over the weekend. This discussion comes primarily in light of the New Year’s Day attack on an Alexandria church and last week’s shooting of Christians on a train in Minya.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2011
A court ruling is expected today in the case involving the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre.
The shooting occurred during Coptic Christmas Eve in 2010 in the province of Qena. Seven people (six Christians and one Muslim) died in the slaughter and nine were injured.
State Prosecutor General ‘Abd al-Majīd...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2011
Egyptian Endowments Minister Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq and Gregorius III, Patriarch of Antioch, All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem, met on Saturday to discuss the recent quarrel following the Vatican pope’s call for improved protection of Middle Eastern Christians in light of the recent church...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
On Thursday, Egyptian papers focused not only on the aftermath of the New Year’s Day Alexandria church bombing, but also the alleged torture death of Sayīd Bilāl, a Salafī suspect in the case...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
This article discusses the ground zero mosque project in New York City. The journalist Barbra Brobest criticizes Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to not allow for its construction, accusing him for being discriminatory. She also argues that Bloomberg’s decision sends the wrong message to the United...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
The Journalist Nashwá Yūsuf talks about the increasing number of online services aiding people in Qurān reading and memorization. Using popular mediums such as facebook they often have a large number of participants.
Various Islamic scholars from the Azhar and the Islamic Research Academy...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
On Wednesday, Coptic reaction to the church bombing was once again a primary focus for Egyptian editorialists. This time, much of the coverage focused on statements by some expatriate Coptic organizations and leaders who have called for a Coptic Christian state to be established in Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
As time passes, coverage of the aftermath of the New Year's Day explosion in Alexandria at the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter has receded somewhat. Press reports on the investigation are frequently contradictory...