Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
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The author says that Islam has stressed equality between men and women in all rights and duties, including the civil, economic, educational, political and work rights.
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
The alliance is spearheaded by al-Zumur from within his jail on behalf of all the detained Islamist groups, while al-Durīnī represents the Shiites of Egypt and Coptic lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla, the director of al-Kalima human rights center, represents Egyptian Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, Muslim thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā has dismissed the possibility of having a religious state in Egypt for a number reasons.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
The author discusses her reasons for attending and speaking at the much-criticized Washington conference entitled "Democracy in Egypt for Muslims and Christians."
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The Danish prime minister had declined to receive 19 ambassadors from Arab and Muslim countries even though he received a Somali-born woman [‘Alī Hirsi ‘Alī] who wrote the script for a controversial documentary called ’Submission’ directed by Dutch Theo van Gogh. The newspapers also suggest that...
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author argues that the issue of the Muslim-Christian divide must be addressed and states that successive governments have sat back and watched the growing fundamentalism and politicization of religion within Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
In response to the U.S. State Department report citing discrimination against the approximately 700,000 Shiites in Egypt, the author reviews the situation of Shiites in Egypt and Sunni-Shiite relations in general.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
The congregation of St. George’s Memorial Church, the Anglican church in Baghdad fears the loss of its entire lay leadership.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
The sectarian tensions in Alexandria are linked by the author to the electoral campaign between Copts and Muslims in Alexandria.