Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Deputy-head of the National Council for Human Rights, Aḥmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, allied with Minister of Endowments Ḥamdī Zaqzūq when he announced that mosques should not be a place for expressing political opinions or objecting to the ruling party’s policy.
Date of source: Thursday, June 28, 2007
The author reviews a book about democracy and freedom of expression in Egypt by Sāmiḥ Fawzī entitled, “Colors of Freedom, an Egyptian View.” The book discusses democracy in Egypt and considers how successful it really is.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm denies fear of returning to Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2007
Pope Shenouda will not assign Bishop Bimen to assume control of the Luxor Bishopric and the security advised lawyer Mamdūḥ Nakhlah not to organize a demonstration.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The author discusses the “much-need” unified law for building houses of worship and the difficulties that it is facing in parliament. He highlights some human rights organization’s agenda for the law.
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2007
The author records the history of the political life of religious trends. He believes that the Islamists have failed to present appropriate participation in the political life of the Arab countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Ane Skov Birk, a student at Copenhagen University, Denmark, stayed with CIDT from 24 January 2007 “ 11 August 2007. She has done excellent work, much of which has been reflected in texts she has written in AWR. She presents an overview of her experiences working with CIDT, and the knowledge she has...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The author, Jamāl As‘ad, criticizes the idea of establishing a committee attached to the Coptic Orthodox Church that aims at providing courses on political participation for the Coptic youth. As‘ad believes that by doing this the church is seeking a role in politics, although it has not served its...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007
The consultant Maḥmūd al-Khudarī comments on what happened during the annual conference held by Egypt’s Society for Culture and Dialogue on May 13, 2007.
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
Outrage and a desire for revenge against the regime prevailed within the church after the regime broke its promise to allocate a number of seats to the Copts in the Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections.