Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
News have been circulated that the Coptic Orthodox Church called for launching two satellite Channels. The pressure of expatriate Copts as well as their funding is forcing the Church to pursue such endeavor. [Similar news item was published by al-Maydān on July 7, 2005, p.16]
Date of source: Thursday, June 9, 2005 to Wednesday, June 15, 2005
The Muslim Brotherhood had a long history of political assassinations, going back to the 1930s and 1940s. At that time, it only took a fatwa to go ahead, and it was a source of pride to commit an act of assassination.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
Dr. Muhammad Shahrour, the Syrian Islamic thinker was interviewed by Rose al-Yousuf and affirmed that the religious institutions in the Arab World - like the Azhar in Egypt, [and the Shi’ite centers in] al-Najaf in Iraq, and Qom in Iran – are still conservative with tools of knowledge that did not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
Translator ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaykh talks about the hot issue pertaining to the book “Life of Muhammad.” He assures that the available controversial copy is a forged one.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
The parliamentary session has ended without discussing the draft law prohibiting the imprisonment of journalists, though it has been 15 months since the president promised it would see the light.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
The fifth term of the People’s Assembly has come to an end. Its last sessions tackled a sundry of political issues, which signal a real political change the country is to witness during the coming period. Most important is the need for a law that prohibits the imprisonment of journalists
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005 to Friday, July 8, 2005
Christianity can be abbreviated in just one word: love, which is the center of Jesus Christ’s teachings. It is, however, the most difficult religion to understand, according to French magazine VSD, which published a special file on the three divine religions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005 to Friday, July 8, 2005
Judaism was the womb from which Christianity and later Islam have gone out. It is the first divine legislation and no other conviction has preceded it.
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005 to Friday, July 8, 2005
Translator: The Christian Film Festival generated diverse reactions. Some fear it turning into a political rally, especially that it is showing Church production outside the Church premises.
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005 to Friday, July 8, 2005
Does Egypt need a Christian film festival? The answer is no! The “Call of the Bells Association is organizing a festival for all the films produced inside the Church. Most of them include theological teachings and lack artistic attraction, unlike a piece of art like the “passion of the Christ”...