Date of source: Friday, December 23, 2005
A delegation of Egyptian Coptic expatriates is expected to arrive today in Cairo to respond to Michael Munīr’s constant attempts to distort the image of Egypt abroad.
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
The author believes that the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is no longer able to play an effective role as one of Egypt’s most reputable Islamic institutions.
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2005
Al-Usbou‘, al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī and Rose al-Yousuf report on the reaction to the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, published few months ago by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The full text of Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī’s response to the 30 questions Drs. Cornelis Hulsman sent him concerning the second article of the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Egypt has called on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe nations to give priority to the issue of discrimination against Muslims, particularly in light of the recent cartoons in Denmark that Muslims all over the world consider offensive to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Monday, December 5, 2005
Priests have declined to comment publicly on the church penalty of two years suspension frocking of Father Filopātīr, but admitted it was too harsh off the record.
Date of source: Friday, December 2, 2005
A discussion of the different place clergy and Islamic shaykhs obtain their garments.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2005
The issue of whether women are allowed to be head of state has caused deep rifts within the Egyptian Islamic and political circles and outraged a number of feminist activists.
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
Shoura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sharīf has received an official notice from lawyer Nabīh al-Wahsh calling for denying the Bahā’is any chance to set up a political party in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005
A new book by prominent thinker, Jamāl al-Bannā, entitled Ikhwānī al-Aqbāt [my Coptic brothers] is to be released soon. The book is expected to cause heated controversy since it tackles Muslim-Christian relations from the author’s point of view.