Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The murder of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel might result in sectarian clashes again.
Commotion in Egyptian media about comments from the Minister of Culture who said that wearing the veil is a sign of backwardness.
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2006
On Thursday, 12 editors-in-chief from
Egypt’s most
influential national newspapers issued a statement in which they condemned attempts by ‘yellow’
journalism to
insult Egyptian symbols, including President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak. Outlining the
current status of
the Egyptian press, the editors...
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author criticizes the fatwá of Dr. ‘Ali Jum‘ah, which makes it permissible for mobile phone networks to fix antennas to the minarets of mosques.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
The scientific inimitability of the Qur’ān
harms Islam more than it benefits
it.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
As a way of honoring the deceased archpriest
Father Matta al-
Maskīn, the Margus Magazine, a publication of Saint Makarius Monastery, issued a
book containing his
diaries which he wrote in 1978 and which he ordered not to be published until after his
death.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
The review
deals with the
controversial statements made by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria during an interview with an
Egyptian satellite
channel in which he warned that Copts will revolt if the state intervenes in support of
Max Michel.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Christians making claims without any evidence about Muslims ‘Abducting Christian girls for conversion.
Critique on an Al-Ahrār article for the way it expresses anger for Israeli violence.
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2006
The review tackles the controversial statements made by Brotherhood
chief Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif that he was ready to send 10,000 men to fight alongside Ḥizb
Allāh militants against Israel.
Date of source: Thursday, July 13, 2006
This review deals with the controversy still blazing over the split of
clergyman Max Michel from the mother Coptic Orthodox Church, and his establishment of Qur’ān independent church and a
holy synod for Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion
articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic
Church in
which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German
university.