Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
AWR visited Father Mattá to hear about the sectarian violence in Jabal al-Tayr, Minia.
Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm interviewed Bishop Bīshūy, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Friday, October 26, 2007
During his weekly sermon Pope Shenouda said that if a woman is not happy in her marriage she may go to her father’s house and live with him instead.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2007
Three incidents ring the bell of sectarian strife in Alexandria. Two of them are education related and the third is the disappearance of a Coptic teenager.
Date of source: Sunday, October 28, 2007
The article presents an interview between Watani International and Dr. ‘Abd al-Mū‘tī Bayyūmī about the process that the Islamic Research Academy employs when choosing to approve or ban any literary works.
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Discussion of the murder of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007.
Kees Hulsman’s visit to Europe to promote AWR work in discussions and meetings.
Comments that the rise of militant and political Islam increased since 2002.
Shaykh Tantawi called for punishing...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Max Michel invited 22 Evangelical pastors to a session to discuss his vision to bring the different Christian denominations in Egypt together. The author observed the reactions of some participants and Coptic Orthodox clergymen.
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2007
The author criticizes the media in Egypt for only furthering adding to divisions between Muslims and Christians, and the need to spread a culture of tolerance.
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2007
Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘ṭī Bayyūmī discusses the thorny issue of Muslim and non-Muslim relations as articulated in the Qur’ān, casting light on the important verse of “No compulsion in religion.”
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2007
Nabīl Zakī criticizes the U.S. Department of State’s report on the status of religious freedom in Israel and the occupied territories, believing that the report disregarded innumerable racial practices by the Israeli government against religious freedom.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
15 Egyptian independent newspapers refused to publish their publications on October 7, 2007. Other newspapers criticized the gesture and its motivations, choosing instead to express themselves “positively.” Freedom of the press is a pivotal issue in Egyptian media nowadays.