Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Shenouda Marqus remembers his school days, the separation of Muslims and Christians for religion lessons and the Christian class being held under the staircase.
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
New Dutch citizens would legally be required to participate in ’citizenship’ ceremonies and to take an oath of allegiance, stressing that they will enjoy the same rights, but also owe the state the same duties as any other citizen.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd, a celebrated modern scholar of Qur’ānic studies, who fled to the Netherlands after the Egyptian courts ordered that he be forcibly divorced from his wife on charges of apostasy, argues for reform of religious thought and an end to corruption.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Discussions have been taking place between the Muslim Brotherhood and Coptic groups. Some issues have been controversial, like finance and support for the Brotherhood from abroad, but there has been a proposal that the Brotherhood and Copts make a unified list for the local elections.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The author argues that globalization has opened Egypt’s borders to international interference in her domestic affairs.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The parents of two Christian girls, Maryān and Christine, who disappeared two years ago after converting to Islam, lodged a report to the police accusing Muhammad Ahmad Ibrāhīm and Tawfīq Muhammad Tawfīq kidnapping their daughters.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Dr. Muhammad Ibrāhīm Mansour criticizes the Muslim Brotherhood for not offering a comprehensive platform on political reform. Given the fact it represents the major opposition force in Egypt, Mansour argues that Muslim Brotherhood’s unprecedented success in the recent parliamentary election will...
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Sulaymān Shafīq says that the turnout for the recent presidential and parliamentary elections has revealed that nearly 80 percent of Egyptians are "out of service.”
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Muhammad Salmāwī argues that Egypt is at a crossroads between an Islamic religious state and a civil state governed by the ruling party which has lost credibility in the Egyptian street.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Mājid ‘Atīya clarifies some points concerning the participation of Copts in the recent parliamentary elections.