Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2006
This
press review summarizes responses from a wide variety of persons, including Coptic
leaders, clergy, and
congregants to the controversial Max Michel, also known as Archbishop Maximus I.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The article concentrates on recent arguments amongst intellectuals and politicians over the removal of religious data from the Egyptian identification card.
Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2006
The article discusses the decision taken by
the
Syndicate of Journalists’ Board of Directors to form a committee to draft a new law halting publishing-
related
imprisonment.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is to organize several workshops to discuss a number of issues, including the recently proposed unified law for houses of worship and amendments to some articles of the laws governing civil society organizations in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author, a member of Egyptian
Writers’ Association, speaks about the role that Christian families can play in Egyptian society. He cites a
PhD thesis forwarded by the patron of the Egyptian Coptic Catholic Church in Rome on Muslim-Christian dialogue.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
‘Abd Allāh, the son of Shaykh ‘Umar
‘Abd al-Rahmān, the former leader of the banned al-Jamā‘a al-
Islāmīya who is currently serving a life sentence in the United States for his role in planning the
1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, has denied any knowledge of the death of his...
Date of source: Thursday, July 20, 2006
Sources within the "banned" Jihād group have recently revealed that the group is currently considering a non-violence initiative, in response to repeated calls from former leaders of the group to reject violence, Ahmad Imbābī writes. Unlike al-Jamā‘ah al -Islāmīya, the Jihād group has no "...
Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2006
The author warns against the danger of ‘Amr Khālid on young
people, especially for those who don’t have a strong religious background.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
Drs Hulsman analyses the lecture of Pope Benedict, noting that the text showed that his lecture was unfortunate but the translation made it even worse. The report notes several translation mistakes from the original German text to English. The Arabic texts were then translations of the English....
Date of source: Saturday, July 15, 2006 to Friday, July 21, 2006
Ahmad Shawqī reviews the diary of British spy “Hempher”, published in the book entitled ‘Confessions of a British spy,’ and his influence on the development of Wahhābism.