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This article discusses the possibility of terrorist attacks on German soil.
The author discusses the spread of fanaticism and extremism, which shows itself in the bloody violence that has swept across several regions of the world. He cites an article by a former Israeli minister who has attacked extremist Jewish parties and rabbis for blessing attacks on civilians,...
Many people are arguing about ignoring religion on Egyptian identification cards. Some support the idea and others reject it.
Amin Makram Ebeid discusses the rule of Muhammad Ali, who prepared Egypt for a secular form of democracy, and his successors, and wonders whether the age of tolerance in Muslim-Christian relations ended with the failure of the liberal era.
The author of the article, ‘Ādil Jindī, discusses excerpts from speeches by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he urged his people to prepare themselves for the return of the Mahdī. Jindī quotes the speaker of the Iranian Majlis, Mahdī Karrubi, as saying that in preparation for the...
Irshad Manji argues that despite an increasingly popular belief, foreign policy grievances have caused the increased number of terrorist attacks in the West, the violent jihadists have rarely needed foreign policy grievances to justify their hot heads, as demonstrated by their kidnapping of...
Watani interviewed Samir Mitri Gayed, a member of the National Egyptian Heritage Revival Association (N.E.H.R.A), a pressure group which is keen on opening up religious tourism in Egypt.
The author outlines a number of views on the controversial issue of whether to remove the religion reference from Egyptian identity documents.
“Inspirations from the Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt” is the title of an exhibition held in Cairo last month by the association of preserving Coptic heritage. The exhibition included sculptures, reliefs, textiles, and Coptic icons by some 30 artists. Some of the works were traditional, but...
The author writes on the life of Father Athanasius Kircher. He states that although he did not achieve much in his study of hieroglyphics, his decision to begin with the study of the Coptic language was “possibly one of the most intelligent things ever achieved in the seventeenth century.” He...

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