Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006
The author advocates for a unified law for building places of worship in Egypt, citing problems in obtaining a license to erecting a house for aged care that was connected to the Holy Virgin Church in Assiut as one situation that would be solved by such a law.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2006
The author
talks about a discussion
he participated in about ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and freedom of expression in
Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
A new book, The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Gospel (Harper, San Francisco, 2006) examines the Judas event from biblical, historical and Gnostic perspectives and exposes the recent media hype about the betrayal story as altered in the Gnostic text known as “The...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Egyptian President
Muhammad Husnī
Mubārak yesterday opened the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, recently renovated at a cost
of L.E. 30 million.
The renovation was made through a $300 million from the Japanese government, the
Egyptian minister of culture,
Fārouq Husnī said.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
Dr.
Wasīm al-Siysī disputes the claim that states ruled by religion are more successful
than those ruled
by positivist man-made laws, using the ancient Egyptian state and the modern state of
Israel as cases in point.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
The honor and shame culture is examined in discussion of the insult of raising a shoe towards an opponent and it is argued that the government must take real action in the face of such behavior.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
The
author tackles statements made by Yihyā al-Jamāl, in which
he asserted that there is no political
party in Egypt except the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The article
focuses on the organizations that are defaming the Egyptian system internationally
describing it as being
oppressive, violating human rights and doing nothing positive for the country’s
development.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Asmā’ ‘Abd Allāh reports on differing opinions
about
appointing a woman as head of the Anglican Church of America.
Date of source: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Expatriate Copts
held a conference to voice their demands, amongst which are imposing sanctions on Egypt and sending UN
forces to
protect Egyptian churches.