Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

Su’louk [plural sa’aleek] is a word that was used - in pre-Islamic times - to describe marginalized people who belonged to an insignificant tribe or an unimportant village.
Some people have created a form of fiqh called Al-Wilaya wa Al-Bara’a [the submission (to a leader (wali), group, ideology, etc.) and the disassociation (from others, society, family, etc.)]-
Al-Welaya wa Al-Bara’a concept is based on a verse from the Qur’an in which God asks Muslims not to associate with Jews and Christians. They took the verse out of its historical context and interpreted it. That is why their interpretation of the verse is incorrect.

The Egyptian parliament discussed changing the law of citizenship allowing the children of Egyptian women, whose non-Egyptian husbands were dead, absent, or who had divorced them, to be Egyptian citizens. The Ministries of Interior and Justice rejected the proposal as it conflicts with the constitution. The Grand Sheikh of the Azhar explained that a Muslim man can marry an Israeli woman, as Islam allows marriage to Christian or Jewish women.

A Coptic Egyptian researcher spent four years in the village of "Deir El-Maymoun" to present a thesis for his masters degree on "Folkloric Celebrations of Coptic Holy Days." He chose this topic because no one researched this before. He believes Coptic culture does not receive much attention from researchers and that the Egyptian identity cannot be understood without studying the Coptic part of it.

Although the four major Sunna [orthodox] schools are the famous Islamic schools of thought in Egypt, Egypt was dominated by the Shiite’s for more than 200 years during the Fatimid era. The Shiite faith did not continue in Egypt because many of its denominations were extreme and this did not suit the Egyptian tendency to moderation.