Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
The constitution, which provides that there is no discrimination among citizens on basis of religion, sex or color, holds that Islamic sharī‘a is the only source of legislation; while the fiqh [Muslim jurisprudence] rule goes that no non-Muslim would be allowed to rule Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Rose al-Yousuf writes that Egyptian grassroots are not interested in demonstrations of the Kifāya movement.
Critique on an article about a Christian family alleging that the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar was involved in luring their daughter to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria visited Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations that might inspire their own practice of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Results of a visit of the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005
Articles in AWR show the many varied opinions in Egyptian media; those who advocate change and those who want to preserve traditional Islamic heritage.
Coptic author Rafīq Habīb believes Copts are now used in arguments to justify foreign intervention.
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005
An example of how the murder of the Armanious family had been received in the US Coptic community. With a comment of the AWR editor.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Bishop Mousa’s response to Coptic demonstrations being an overreaction and the major influence of rumors.
Anti-Christian and anti-Muslim publications in Egypt are increasing.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Arab West Report (AWR) makes a solid contribution to deeper understanding of inter-confessional dynamics in Egypt and elsewhere by seeking to give context to day-to-day discourses and events that often appear senseless or even capricious to the uninformed observer.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Reference to articles in this issue that help to understand Egyptian culture and developments in society.
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
Watani editor-in-chief Youssef Sidhum’s articles based on complaints from involved churches or Christians. Examples are stories on problems in church building in Burj al-Arab and Alamayn. Interesting Egyptian critique on the way some of their media function.