Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Bishop Marqus sent a reply to the Muslim preacher Khālid al-Jindī regarding al-Jindī’s interview with journalist Hānī Rizk in Sawt al-Umma newspaper.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Five
Scandinavian
tourists, including three Norwegians and two Swedes [Reviewer: No names mentioned] have been
accused of blasphemy
on their holiday in Egypt for circumambulating a statue of a mermaid located in a town
square in Hurghada, in an
attempt to parody Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca....
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The author in this article criticizes the muftī and the religious
institution,
refuting the muftī’s defense that it has never been responsible for terrorism, and
calls for
fatwas taking into account the spirit of modernity.
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2006
An Orthodox church has permitted a woman the right to remarry and is accused of
hiding her
divorce from her husband.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The attempt to produce a movie on Christ is a reflection of the culture of national
unity.
The opposition of Islamic institutions to the movie, according to the author, will stir up discord
instead of
promoting national unity.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Pamphlets printed in Saudi Arabia appeared hours before the Shamm al-
Nasīm feast in Egypt
calling for preserving the Islamic identity and prohibiting Muslims from
celebrating others’ feasts.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Sawt al-Umma
interviews leader of the Qur’ānīyīn group,
Dr. Ahamd Subhī Mansour, over his
controversial views on the Sunna.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
A new
law forces the
Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion of Coptic Orthodox Christians to Islam.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Christians in Egypt have rejected a document
that is alleged by
some to allow missionary work in Egypt, arguing that it will increase tension between Muslims
and Copts.
AWR has already published Shaykh al-Zifzāf’s denial fo these claims, with a link
to the
full text of the document.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
‘Adlī
Abādīr makes shocking statements accusing Egyptian
authorities and the Muslim Brotherhood of
treating to kill him.