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16. Al-Qaradawi’s acrimony
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunnī Shaykh al-Qaradāwī created an uproar when he attacked the Shī‘ah and warned of the perils of the Shīcah promulgation, considering it a part of the Iranian ambition to revive the Persian Empire and control neighboring countries.
7. The Vatican: The world has a maniacal interest with Islam
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The article discusses recent comments made by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran regarding the world’s current focus on Islam.
9. Preachers in Alexandria condemn the Egyptian–Israeli gas treaty
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Al-Dustūr reports what Islamic preachers have said during the Friday sermons all over Egypt.
23. Marriage and divorce between church rules and judiciary rulings; a new law awaited
Date of source:
Pope Shenouda's lawyer has announced that the patriarch has approved the proposed new draft law for Coptic Personal Status issues. Contrary to the 1938 law the new draft law states that there are only three reasons for divorce.
32. The road to al-‘Uruba Palace: "Egypt’s next president and the influential forces in choosing him": The Religious Institution
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
This report deals with the role of the religious institution in choosing Egypt’s next president. In an interview with Muhammad ‘Alī Khayr, Islamic intellectual Fahmī Hūwaydī claims that religious institutions have no influence nowadays because they lack independence.
26. The church asserts that Amal of al-Mahallah is at a monastery in Jamasah
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2008
Muhammad Abū al-Dahab reports on news that the Coptic girl of al-Mahallah, Amal Zakī Nasīm – who disappeared last August may be kept at St. Dimyana Monastery in Jamasah.
18. The Federation of Arab Journalists report stresses the decline of press freedom by 39 percent: security summons and prosecutions... imprisonment and kidnap... information blackout and dismissals from work... this is the state of the Arab press in 2007
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
This article comments on the key findings of the Federation of Arab Journalists report on freedom of the press in the Arab world. The report indicates that press freedom in 2007 deteriorated by 39 percent in comparison with 2006.
17. State newspapers’ editors-in-chief assumed the bravery of “‘Antarah”; denouncing Bush’s speech and ignoring Mubarak’s congratulatory message to Shimon Peres
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
In this article the author criticizes the double standards of state newspapers. Whereas they denounced President Bush’s speech in the Knesset they did not condemn President Mubārak’s congratulatory message to the head of the Zionist entity.
15. International and local human rights organizations decide to undertake an international campaign to reveal the violations practiced by the state against the press in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The article discusses the meeting held last Saturday in the Journalists Syndicate that was entitled, ’The Egyptian Journalists Vision of Role of Press Freedom Defending Institutions’. The meeting discussed how rights institutions can support journalists and press freedom. International and local...
14. Press freedom reports
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
This article deals with press freedom reports. The author explains that these reports gain credibility when issued by independent bodies. He points out that the Federation of Arab Journalists and the Supreme Council of Press are not independent; hence, their reports are not reliable.

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