Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The ordination of a priest in
‘Udaysāt might open the door to a new wave of sectarianism. Hanī al-A‘sar
investigates the surrounding circumstances.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Youssef Sidhom calls for greater communication to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ministry of Interior has refused to allow 150 Christian converts to Islam, who later returned to Christianity, to change the religious data on their identity cards back to Christianity. Kamal Zākhir Mousa argues that an extremist wing of the political elite is trying to link citizenship to...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ashley Makar discusses the paranoia surrounding the issue of conversion, the Alexandria incidents and the words of hatred spouted by both some Muslims and Christians, calling for dialogue and openness.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The article summarizes the opinions of a number of experts concerning
the way of fighting extremism
and other destructive thoughts in society.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006
Egyptians
are no longer
peaceful people, is the idea that Ramzī Zaqlama is explaining in his column in Al-
Wafd. He attended a
lecture at the cathedral were it was discussed along with Copts problems.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes a book review of Nabīl Louqa Bibāwī’s book, The Problems of Copts in Egypt and their Solutions, written by Al-Ahrām columnist Mahmoud Muntasir and warns against the idea of appeasing those who have returned from the Gulf with fundamentalist ideologies.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir, the author,
argues that the church became involved in politics and ’the
world’ to serve some worldly interests that have
nothing to do with its spiritual mission.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Pamphlets printed in Saudi Arabia appeared hours before the Shamm al-
Nasīm feast in Egypt
calling for preserving the Islamic identity and prohibiting Muslims from
celebrating others’ feasts.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Milād Hannā, a prominent Coptic
figure, protests about the condition of the
Copts in Egypt.