Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī provides a recap of the Thursday opinion pieces dealing with the Alexandria New Year's day church bombing investigation...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Muhammad al-Nashā'ī writes that it is the right of every citizen to criticize the government. However, any Egyptian that attacks Egypt through foreign institutions should have his Egyptian nationality withdrawn.
He added that since Egypt doesn't allow the dropping of nationality, then the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Egyptian newspapers on Monday appeared to carefully avoid charges of stoking the fires of sectarianism, largely refraining from sensationalist reporting on the Alexandria church attack, and instead giving much attention to unification efforts between Muslims and Christians, as well as ongoing...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Headline: September 11 is an American conspiracy, says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Zindānī
Source: Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī
Page: 24-25
Author: Ilhāmī al-Malījī
Keywords: Shaykh
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Headline: In 2011...Copts expecting increase in sectarian fitnah and clashes between church and...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Kāmil Zākhir gives a review of what happened during the past year, specifically mentioning the Naj‘ Hammādī tragedy at the beginning of the year and ending with the ‘Umrāniyyah church riot incident.
Zākhir adds that these problems weren't treated seriously enough.
He calls for three major draft...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Hānī Labīb comments about a question that was asked by Al-Dustūr to Coptic intellectual Rafīq Habīb.
The question dealt with why Muslims do not have a pope that inspires them religiously and serves as a politcal leader. Dr. Habīb replied that, unlike Coptic priests, Islamic scholars fall under the...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
Dr. ‘Awwād discusses the increasing number of Muslims in Europe, as well its causes, effects, and how it is being dealt with.
He says that the key to providing a basis for coexistence in the midst of a multi-cultural environment is flexibility and joint cooperation between all parties, as well as...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Hānī Labīb writes that the al-Misrīyūn website always publishes news that will cause tensions and sectarian crises. This news often deals with prophets and marriages.
One of the recent news items claims that Jesus Christ married 5 times, claiming that the Bible makes mention of this.
Labīb also...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
At the same time many Egyptians were protesting the celebration of Jewish Egyptian rabbi Abū Hasīrah in the delta region, many Jews are preparing themselves for the celebration of another Jewish figure with connections to Egypt. Jews celebrate the birth of Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon), who died in...