Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Ayman al-Bishbīshī continues in the nineteenth episode
of his series of articles about “The Future of Theocracy in Egypt”.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf publishes the full text of the appeal made by Pope Shenouda III against a court ruling obliging him to grant permission to divorced Copts to remarry.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Hamada Husayn reviews Dr. Nawāl al-
Sa‘dāwī statements in
an interview with al-‘Arabīya
Channel, in which she talked about the idea of
giving a child the surname of his/her mother.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The author investigates the phenomenon of assault on teachers
by
students and their parents in a way that several officials think poses a great threat to the values of
society.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The
People’s Assembly’s approval of the two-year extension of the 25-
year-old emergency law has provoked a
furious reaction among Egyptian opposition, including the legally banned
Muslim Brotherhood. Many people
argue that the extension of the law will breed more violence in Egyptian society...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The author covers the recent inauguration of Archbishop Antonious Najīb as the new patriarch of Catholics, succeeding Archbishop Istifānous, who left his post due to his deteriorating health.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Egyptian Christians call for changing the language of the Mass from Coptic into Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The patriarch of Jerusalem shows his disagreement with the prohibition on Copts from
visiting
Jerusalem but Pope Shenouda maintains his stance.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Dr. Muna
Hilmī expresses her astonishment at the reaction to her initiative to give the child the
surname of his/her
mother, besides the father’s name, and comments on some of these opinions.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court
ruling in favor of
recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion
apostates.
Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.