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Sayyid al-Qimnī is fighting a battle in the field of freedom of expression. He criticizes the Azhar curricula and the Muslim Brotherhood for erasing reason and harming the future.
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids, Egyptians adhere to their religious traditions and turn a deaf ear to the decision. However, Lower Egyptian areas seem to be more complying.
Islamic thinker Muhammad ‘Imārah has recently written a controversial book, considered another link in his chain of writings against Christianity. In the following lines writer Hānī Labīb reflects on ‘Imārah’s offensive attitudes and refers to some of his earlier writings against Christianity.
The Criminal Court has ruled in favor of 19 people who had been arrested in the sectarian riots in Dayrūt, Upper Egypt. The decision was met with relief by the detained and their families and but Copts expressed their fear of new incidents in the absence of penalties.
Al-Misrī al-Yawm publishes a series of articles reviewing Yūsuf Zaydān’s book entitled ‘al-Lāhūt al-‘Arabī wa Usūl al-‘Unf al-Dīnī’ [Arabic Theology and the Origins of Religious Violence].
The Administrative Court has ruled in favor of the niqāb by rejecting the decision of the Minister of Higher Education’s and some universities’ decision to ban niqāb at universities and university accommodations. The ministry will appeal the ruling, and students wearing niqāb are demonstrating...
The Egyptian press is still publishing many articles on the Swiss decision to ban building mosques minarets in Switzerland. The vast majority of the authors in the Egyptian press have denounced the decision and considered it a form of religious discrimination. The Shūrá Council called on the...
Farshūt contains an exceptional demographic structure and used to be a symbol of peaceful coexistence between different religions and cultural communities. Some have blamed the government for not being able to control the situation in Farshūt, while others hailed the security services’ efforts to...
A member of parliament claims that Copts are living their most prosperous era during the mandate of President Husnī Mubārak. However, the argument gave birth to heated arguments and was refuted by many people.
Many comments were published in the past few days on the Swiss decision to ban the construction of minarets for mosques. The press highlighted the angry reaction of Muslims in Egypt and Europe. The speaker of the Egyptian People’s Assembly called to move from verbal reactions to action. However,...

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