Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
This Watanī article reviews some experts, thinkers, and legal experts’ opinions on the necessity of the immediacy of issuing a unified law for building places of worship in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
President Mubārak’s visit to the U.S is reported to have succeeded in achieving positive goals in the interest of Egypt and the Arab nations. Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Church succeeded in convincing expatriate Copts to welcome President Mubārak and avoid doing or saying things that could...
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
As soon as President Mubārak’s visit to the United States was announced, Coptic expatriates’ organizations in the there called for organizing protesting demonstrations during Mubārak’s visit, calling for granting Copts in Egypt their rights and ending what Coptic activists called religious...
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids in Egypt, people celebrated many mūlids. Some Muslim mūlids were canceled while other Christian were permitted paving the way for heated arguments and fears of sectarian tension.
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Hanān Fikrī interviews Asharf al-Suwaysī:, the author of Dūr Muqārabat al-Adyān fī takhfīf al-Ihtqān al-Tā’ifī’ [The role of religion bridging in decreasing sectarian tension].
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2009
Nabīl Sharaf al-Dīn comments on the attacks against Hālah Mustafá since she suggested she would go to Israel.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Azhar Grand Imām’s statements about the niqāb created an outcry in Egyptian society. Heated arguments took place between those who the support the niqāb as a religious practice and those who approved of Shaykh Tantāwī’s arguments that it is not part of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
‘Ātif Jawhar, the first Coptic university general secretary by election, in an interview with Watanī about his new office.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
The National Party for Human Rights delegated a fact finding delegation to investigate the sectarian strife in Dafash in Upper Egypt. The council highlighted the recent increase in sectarian incidents in Egypt and highlighted the role civil society organizations should have.
Date of source: Sunday, August 2, 2009
The article highlights the quarterly report of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights around the religious freedom in Egypt.