Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
The article focuses on the issue of banking transactions in the stock exchange amidst questions about whether this is compatible with the Islamic sharī‘ah.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
An Azhar scholar, Dr. Ra’fat ‘Uthmān, denies
Israeli
newspaper Maariv reports that he issued a fatwá on the impermissibility of Palestinian
martyrdom
operations and that such perpetrators would end up in hell.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Islamic Legislative Authority has
issued a fatwá that
prohibits constructing mosques or prayer rooms in the separating spaces between
residential buildings.
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.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
Have church
sessions succeeded in helping youth
on their way to marriage? The answer may be found in the growing attendance of
even Muslims and foreigners
at sessions for youth who are considering getting married.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The author questions why, during a recent television interview, the opinions of
two
prominent writers about the ‘Da Vinci Code’ were describes as a rebellion guided by the devil even
though they
stressed that they were against the content of the film.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
The author of the article raises questions about the editing of a Coptic
Orthodox bible.
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2006
This press review deals with a controversial announcement made by Max Michel, a Christian who split from the Coptic Orthodox Church and set up a church in the Muqattam area and named himself Archbishop Maximus I, amidst an outcry from the Egyptian mother church and severe criticism.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
Christian women suffer a lot when they get divorced. Thus, a church is arranging sessions for
supporting divorced women to integrate once again into their societies.