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: Monday, May 22, 2006
Nearly 480 people, including 314 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested on charges of organizing unauthorized demonstrations in support of the judges, who blew the whistle on election fraud.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The author wonders whether Egyptians are experiencing a stage of creative
chaos, coinciding
with the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Cairo last year. She wonders whether
the people
nurturing this chaos realize that the price of this chaos would be paid by everyone.
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: Thursday, May 18, 2006
The author analyses the statement of the
recent Coptic conference that
was held in Montreal, Canada, last April.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
Copts
convene home meetings away from the Orthodox church. The question now is why do these people
convene these
meetings? What is the response of the official church? Is there any solution to bring these people
back to
the church?
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament,
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, quits over her
inaccurate asylum application.
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 26, 2006
Talāl al-Ansārī, the second defendant in the
so-called al-Fanīya al-
‘Askarīya [Armed Forces Technical College] case of the 1974
abortive coup, continues
publishing his diary in episodes in Rose al-Yousuf magazine.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Information was collected about an extremist group that prompts religious strife in
Egypt.