Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
The article focuses on the most famous cases
in the courts of law regarding the
Bahā’ī faith in Iran, Morocco and Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article praises a court ruling repealing a previous ruling that gave
Egypt’s nearly 1000
Bahā’īs the right to have their faith registered in official documents, with
opinions by
intellectuals that Bahā’ism is not a religion and that the only religions recognized in Egypt
are the
divine...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
In an interview with al-Maydān,
the head of the Jewish community in Egypt,
Carmen Einstein, has denied rumors about disputes over the
presidency of Cairo’s Jewish community. Einstein has
also denied links with the Jewish community in the
United States.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The law on the imprisonment of journalists for
publication
offences has raised many questions about the freedom of the press in Egypt. The secretary general of
the
Global Communication Research Association, Dr. Basyounī Ibrāhīm Hamāda, believes
that free
journalism cannot exist in an unfree...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Recent studies reveal that the majority of Internet websites
and religious satellite
channels focus on theology, but fail to address vital issues in Muslims’ lives.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The article highlights views by Muslim scholars over the issue of
dialogue with the
Western world.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The
front-page item deals with a meeting between Grand Imām of the Azhar
Shaykh Muhammad
Sayyīd Tantāwī and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey as
part of the Azhar’s
efforts to enhance the interfaith dialogue.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
Dr.
Bibāwī
argues for the cancellation of the religious data entry on official documents in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Hānī Labīb criticizes Dr. Muhammad
‘Imāra’s recent
statement on the reasons behind sectarian sedition in Egypt. According to
Labīb, Dr.
‘Imāra blamed Pope Shenouda III for the tension between Muslims and Christians
in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
In an
attempt to forestall Muslim-Christian clashes, state security intelligence
forces have spread throughout the
village of Birtibāt in al-Minyā governorate to protect Coptic
residents while they build a church,
Sāmī Jād al-Haqq says.