Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī denounces the increasing religious influence on Egyptian society, and calls for clear constitutional texts that prohibit religious influence on public institutions.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Dr. Yahy? al-Qazzāz, a professor at Hilwān University and a former member of Kifāyah, the Egyptian Movement for Change, believes that the movement has succeeded in achieving many of its objectives. It penetrated to the marrow of Egyptians’ bones, encouraging them to reject all forms of corruption...
Date of source: Thursday, December 28, 2006
An analysis of the impact of sectarian sedition on Arab policies.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
The spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church declares that the Coptic problem does not lie in article two of the Constitution, but in the manner in which this article can be applied or interpreted. Justice implies specifying Islamic Sharī‘ah as “a” main source of legislation rather than “the” main...
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2007
The article highlights Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s recent trip to the Middle East, and the focus of the conference the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The interview with Muṣṭafá al- Fiqī, chief of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly, is about the new amendments to the Constitution, the concept of the citizenship, and the Coptic political stance among these changes.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
The controversial Coptic activist ‘Adlī Abādīr organizes a conference advocating the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
Coptic students are arrested in Alexandria for allegedly selling anti-Islām CDs inciting conversion of Muslim women to Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007
The article presents a dialogue with Ahmad Abū Ḥajjī, who started as an Islamist, then became a Marxist, and is now an NDP member of parliament.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The article refers to the imbalanced attitude between public requirements and the law. The author, however, thinks that the current debates over human right and citizenship would act as a base for a political reform.