Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
In an interview, Bishop Marqus, the spokesman of Pope Shenouda III discusses the Muslim Brotherhood, the establishment of religious political parties and the church’s attitude to divorce.
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2006 to Friday, March 10, 2006
The article discusses a draft law proposed by a women’s rights advocacy center calling for denying Muslim men the right to have a unilateral divorce, while at the same time stressing women’s freedom to have a unilateral divorce.
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2006 to Friday, March 10, 2006
Sabian Mandaeans have survived hundred years of harassment, and live on river banks because their rites are related to running water.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
The article reports on the launch of the first campaign of its kind by Egyptian intellectuals to set up a secular grassroots movement. Supporters of this movement have accused political parties of failing to take any positive stands against the escalation of religious fundamentalism.
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2006 to Friday, March 10, 2006
Mirvat al-Huttayyim attacks Al-Jazeera news channel, accusing it of lacking sold principles and acting as a pulpit for terrorists to promote their ideas. She quotes statements of workers at the channel that prove its dual nature.
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2006
Ahmad Pasha reports on a recent conflict over a television series that tackled the issue of Muslim-Coptic relations. The series portrays a story of a Muslim family which abandons their child, who is then brought up by a Christian family.
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2006
Karīma Suwaydān picks up a rumor that has recently spread about H2N1 pollution in the water of the Nile, believing that schools and teachers shared in spreading and speeding the rumor. She, also, wonders about the real use of the crisis management committees in the Ministry of Education.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
The author believes that having an open cultural atmosphere that leads to understanding the beliefs of ‘the other’ is more important than calling for inter-religious dialogue.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Shaykh ‘Umar al-Dīb, the new head of the Azhar’s Inter-Religious Committee for Dialogue between the Heavenly Religions, in an interview spoke about the tasks and the financial system of the committee.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
Contrary to the expectations of many, the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has apologized for not participating in the newly-formed Interfaith Dialogue Committee affiliated with the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.