Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Jundī highlights what he believes to be the difficult political reality of Egypt. After providing a historical background, he points out the defects and tries to suggest solutions.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The controversial statements of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sparked contradictory reactions. While Western and Christian observers attacked him, Muslim thinkers and intellectuals hailed him as a wise just clergyman. The Egyptian media reacted more to the angry reactions than to the...
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.
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
Egypt is number 101 out of 139 on the Reporters without Borders’ list about the freedom of press in the world. Khalīl identifies the rights that should be realized so that the press is free.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Majdī Khalīl discusses a recent European Parliament resolution about human rights in Egypt, commenting that the official Egyptian response has been too inciting and underlines the idea that there is a conspiracy theory against the country.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Positive discrimination is an efficient way of achieving equality and social justice in Egypt. In the following lines, Khalīl refutes the arguments against positive discrimination and calls for urgent action to realize justice and equality in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
In the following lines, Jundī presents the conclusion of his anthology on the imposition of Islamic principles in the school curricula. He highlights the dangerous impacts of the phenomenon and suggests a ’humanities’ class in schools.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
The Middle East Freedom Forum recently held a session to discuss violence against Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
The author criticizes the tactic employed by some journalists and TV presenters who try to manipulate their guests into saying what they want to hear.