Date of source: Sunday, October 28, 2007
Majdī Khalīl discusses relations between the Egyptian government and what he calls the Coptic movement both within and outside Egypt. He indicates the problems and suggests solutions.
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Egyptian society is in the grips of an important polemic, epitomized by the increasing manifestation of people’s religious identity. Religion seems to be dominating even the smallest details of people’s lives including their mobile phones’ ring tones.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2007
The following lines represent reactions of Muslim figures to the statistics that the Middle East Christian Association published about the numbers of mosques and churches in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2007
Middle East Christians Association issued statistics on the number of churches and mosques in Egypt.
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After being bound to religious issues, church theaters in Egypt are evolving to tackle current burning issue. ‘Show respect; we are in church,’ is the title of the courageous play performed recently at the ‘Abbāsīyah Cathedral.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
A big debate has hit leaders and members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group over the controversial pending agenda of the Brotherhood’s party.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah praise al-Jihād’s document for it included some transformations that support the peaceful thought of the Islamists which would stop their confrontation with the government.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
al-Jihād ideologue, Sayyid Imām refuses to apologize for the killings and the terrorist operations which the organization committed because it would strengthen the position of opponents of the reviews within the organization.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī has sent the Judiciary Administrative Court a memorandum, in which he asserted that he has no authority regarding specifying whether to enforce the Ḥadd al-Riddah or not but it is the Dār al-Iftā’’s responsibility.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
In their speeches, both Shaykh of the Azhar and the minister of endowments have attacked claims of the Qur’anis that the Sunnah was not revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad but that human hands have fabricated it.