Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2003
The writer discusses the attitude of President Mubarak towards building churches in the light of establishing the church of the Holy Virgin at Al-Qanater Al-Khairiya, Qalyubia governorate.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2003
The author comments on the problem of the church of the great martyr Mar Girgis in Sandabees, Qalyubiya, north-east of Cairo. Despite the fact that the governor of Qalyubiya gave his approval for adding two extra floors to the church, the police summoned the local priest before construction started...
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2003
The article presents the problem of veterinarian Nash´at Boulos Mansour who has been a temporary veterinarian with the food department of the teaching hospital of Assiut University since 1998. Despite the fact that he had the best credentials, six well-connected women were promoted to the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 2003
The article is a letter to the editor from a Muslim reader. He writes to express his unreserved agreement with the opinions, values and attitudes adopted by Watani concerning how relations between Muslims and Christians should
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil comments on an article published in Sout Al-Umma that discusses the new custom of Christians of putting a sign of a fish to distinguish them from other religions.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2003
The writer absolves Dr. Hassan Hanafi, philosophy Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, of allegations against him. Some Christian students had expressed their frustrations at a lecture on "misquotation and falsification of the Bible."
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2003
Some teachers overstep their educational role and encroach upon the domain of faith and creeds, holding undue comparisons between religions, and ridiculing the Christian faith in front of Christian students or after they have asked these students to leave the classroom
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2006
A Hamas legislator from the Gaza Strip explains some of the goals of Hamas and its views on the establishment of a religious state, women, and Islamic law.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2006
Problems for those attempting to obtain computerized identity cards before the 2007 deadline.
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2003
The article is an interview with Ibrahim Fahmi Helal, the leader of the Coptic Nation Party [Umma al-Qibtiya], a right wing group that was established during the time of Pope Yousab. The group wanted the Coptic people to speak the ancient Coptic language and to cancel the constitutional articles...