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Media critique on al-Usbū‘’s lack of accuracy and the way they write about Mustafa and Mahmoud Bakri. Comment on describing Copts as a minority in Egypt. How the Egyptian press is used at times to convince their public of a particular view.
Expatriate Copts are merging successfully into their new societies. I regularly receive information about the impressive success of expatriate Copts everywhere. I am also very glad about the success of the second generation of Copts. Most of the Coptic success abroad, usually in public and...
Expatriate Copts usually fell among one of two groups: a majority who left Egypt in quest of a better life abroad, and a minority who left to escape bitter instances—usually with the authorities—at home. A ‘silent majority’ and a ‘loud-voiced minority’ then emerged and came to characterize the...
On the 20th of February this year, 66 prominent Muslim personalities from many Muslim countries issued a strong-worded statement against the American presence in Iraq. They announced their support of the national Islamic Iraqi resistance against the American occupation of Iraq. They did not issue...
Since President Mubarak announced a constitutional amendment allowing for a multi – candidate presidential election, I have been pondering the importance of nominating a well- qualified Copt to compete in the upcoming presidential elections. Many Copts are in favor of the idea, not only because it...
For more than twenty -five years, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been participating in making events all over the Arab World. He propagated the culture of human rights when he first founded The Arab Organization for Human Rights. He then embraced the cause of minorities in his conference in 1994 on...
The article is about the wrong way concerned authorities seek solutions to incidents of sectarian violence. The author argues that these authorities apply the policy of “meetings and kisses,” while offering no answers to the questions of citizens. The author praises a proposal of Magdy Khalil, the...
Explanation of the consequences of a lacking NGO status. German scholar Dr. Christiane Paulus comments on an article of Magdi Khalil about the need for dialogue between groups with different convictions.
Magdi Khalil [see AWR, 2004. week 49, art. 7] argues, that the Muslim Brotherhood only uses democratic procedures as methods to obtain their aim, the political power of the country. He assumes that after having taken power, they would then reject the democratic system in their political life...
Dr. Ibrahim has provided positive comments for both sides of this controversial issue. In an article entitled "Reclaiming Democracy ... the Participation of Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian Political Life," published in El Hayat newspaper on Oct. 7, 2004; Dr. Ibrahim noted that the Muslim Brotherhood...

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