Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2009
The author questions the efficiency of the congenital reconciliation sessions that are held after conflicts. A reconciliation agreement was violated in Qina, Upper Egypt when a man took revenge by killing a man, breaking the conventional reconciliation procedures.
Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
The key to encouraging people to respect other’s beliefs is education, believes Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd. According to him, state schools should promote the brotherhood of all citizens, not the followers of one religion above the others. An ideal state school system should be non religious, but...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In an interview with Gerrit Roos of Reformatorisch Dagblad and Cornelis Hulsman, Bishop Marqus highlights the problems facing Christians in Egypt today. These problems include issues such as church building, conversion, the Egyptian education system and the emigration of Christians abroad.
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Fahmī Huwaydī reflects on the Dutch movie ’fitna’ and Arabic and international reactions to it.
Date of source: Sunday, October 5, 2008
The article criticizes the Egyptian media for portraying the rescue of kidnapped foreign tourists as a great victory for the Egyptian military.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The security bodies which participated in resolving the ambiguity of the killing of the jeweler and the three workers in al-Zaytūnwill never catch the perpetrators of the crime because of the lack of modern technology for the detection of criminals.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2008
The author of the article fiercely criticizes the Coptic Orthodox Church’s hostile stance toward Coptic intellectual Jamāl As‘ad.
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2008
Fahmī Huwaydī agrees with the voices that hold the regime responsible for agitating sectarianism in society. However, he adds that there are other factors that strongly contribute to inflaming the situation.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2007
Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes the Egyptian governmental press for lacking transparency and bending under the pressures of the regime. He refers to media coverage of the recent events of Muslim-Christian sectarian clashes in Alexandria as a case in point.
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
Jihād ‘Ūdah believes that a war has to be waged to eliminate sectarianism, like the war which is being waged against religious extremism.