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The author notes that the recent conference on orthodox doctrine has sparked a “conference war” between the mother Orthodox Church, laymen and Max Michel.
The recent intensive conference seminars, which were supposed to be on doctrine, attacked several Coptic figures and church symbols, including as Father Mattá al-Maskīn, father Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al- Sayyid and Max Michel.
Riyād Sayf al-Dīn interviews the Catholic Patriarch in Egypt on issues to do with the church’s religious and political role, its stance on the ‘Da Vinci Code’ film and the war in Lebanon and on dialogue between Christian denominations and with other religions.
The author speaks about fundamentalism, noting it has negative impacts not just on the political arena but also on the arts and on creative works.
Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī interviews the owner of al-Dār al -‘Arabīyah Li-al-‘Ulūm[Reviewer: The Arab publishing house for sciences], who is also the Lebanese publisher of Dan Brown’s best selling book, ’The Da Vinci Code.’
The author questions why, during a recent television interview, the opinions of two prominent writers about the ‘Da Vinci Code’ were describes as a rebellion guided by the devil even though they stressed that they were against the content of the film.
The author criticizes the ‘Da Vinci Code’ movie as defaming Christ, asserting that freedom of expression does not mean scorning religions.
The third seminar organized by the International Centre for Future and Strategic Studies and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation discussed the issue of cultural dialogue with the west. Participants at the seminar emphasized that efforts are being made to improve understanding and partnership between...
Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī states the reasons why he thinks Egypt is heading towards a religion-based country.
The recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked considerable controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the movie on grounds of freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.

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