Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Ahmad Anīs, head of the Association of Television and Radio, welcomes the appearance of veiled presenters on TV provided they present new, interesting shows.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
In an attempt to curb the sea of fatwas, the Azhar has recently submitted a proposal to the People’s Assembly, in which it called for introducing legislation to criminalize the issuance of fatwas by unqualified Muslim scholars, Muhammad Khalīl writes.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2006
In
an interview with
al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī, Algeria’s former permanent representative at
the Arab
League, Dr. Mustafa Sharīf, speaks out on his latest book, ’L’islam, tolérant ou
intolerant?
’ [Tolerant or intolerant Islam?], in which he attempts to correct widespread negative
perceptions of...
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
The National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs (NDI),
currently headed by the former U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, has
recently declared that it chose
Cairo as the headquarters of a U.S. center, which it says will disseminate
democracy in the Middle East and help...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
A Coptic citizen demands the
invalidity of
his under-aged daughter’s conversion to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The
Supreme
Administrative Court has adjourned two appeals by Pope Shenouda and the Ministry of Interior until
September
16, 2006
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
The
author speaks about the terrorism phenomenon, which has become more
complicated recently, since it has moved from
using the primitive means to high-technology weapons.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
The author tackles the recent statement presented by the Muslim
Brotherhood’s members of
parliament to the speaker demanding a break in relations with Israel after the
killing of two Egyptian soldiers on
the Egyptian-Israeli border.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
In a letter sent in to the editor-in-chief of Rose al-
Yousuf, the inhabitants of the Maghāgha
village, al-Mīnyā, ask Pope Shenouda to set up a
fact-finding committee to investigate the
activities of Bishop Aghathoun, whom they say provoked clashes with a
number of Christian clergy.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
A few days ago,
Father Mattā al-Miskīn
[Matthew the poor] passed away at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of
books on monastic life. In his book,
al-Kanīsa wa al-Dawla [The church and the state], Father al
-Miskīn warned against sowing
sedition between Muslims and Christians in Egypt,...