Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Egyptian police tighten their watch over foreign Azhar students for fear that
they will recruit other
students to join jihād movements.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
British Airways
set off an unprecedented public
outcry in Britain when it suspended without pay and rejected an appeal from
employee Nādyah
‘Uwaydah for wearing a small cross to work at British Airways’ Heathrow office.
Date of source:
Echoes on the conference of ‘Laymen and the Church’ are still eminent in
Egyptian media. The review
discusses the crisis of Watanī with the church over the participation of
the former in
covering the conference’s sessions.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
Anti-Muslim Brotherhood releases in the Egyptian press.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The U.S. plays an important role in the formation of Egyptian policy since the latter began receiving U.S. aid regardless of what the regime claims of its independence decision and sovereignty.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Muhammad al-Mu‘tasim writes about the possibility of a Christian
being elected as
president.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Under the headline, ’Citizenship and the State,’
Nabīl
‘Abd al-Fattāh writes aboutMuhammad ‘Alī
Pāshā’s
success in building a modern Egyptian state, based on justice and the equality
of all citizens before the law.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church is experiencing an ongoing conflict between
Christian
clerics regarding the successor of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Hilmī al-Nimnim answers
October’s rumor
about the Azhar preventing a book from being published.