Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The controversial statements of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sparked contradictory reactions. While Western and Christian observers attacked him, Muslim thinkers and intellectuals hailed him as a wise just clergyman. The Egyptian media reacted more to the angry reactions than to the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Shūrá Council has approved a project law to prevent demonstrations in houses of worship. The majority of Egyptian political parties and authorities approved the decision, but certain people have expressed their opposition to it.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The following article presents an overview of what the author coins the “talibanization” of eduction in Egypt, and the impact that it is having in schooling systems, particularly in relation to Muslims versus Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Islam is the target of Western and Zionists’ attacks. Muslims need to unite to defend their religion and any inter-religious dialogue is bound to avowing Islam as a heavenly religion.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Coptic Councilor Najīb Jibrā’īl is intending to hold a conference to discuss the controversial Coptic issues in Egypt. Prominent Egyptian personalities and a number of Coptic expatriates were invited.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
al-Ḥayāh conducted an interview with Sayyid Imām who spoke about his life. The following lines also present reactions to the revisions and comments of observers and Islamic groups leaders.
Date of source: Friday, December 7, 2007
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāḥ analyzes the recent crisis of the British schoolteacher who was arrested in Sudan on charges of insulting Prophet Muhammad. He says that Arabs and Islamic states need a realistic, intelligent way of understanding cultural diversity.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
An interview with Pope Shenouda highlighting the term of his papacy.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The following lines present more details about the Jihād introspections, their advocates and their opponents. While some people consider Imām’s revisions a turning point in the history of the Islamic groups, many observers doubt the authenticity of the revisions.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The article reviews a book of a British thinker Robert Irwin entitled, ‘For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and their Enemies,’ which responds to the theory of late prominent thinker Edward Sa‘īd on orientalism.