Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2007
The Vatican pope has launched a clear attack on Western countries in his newest publication, remarking that these countries have ransacked and plundered Africa and the other poor regions of the earth.
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2007
An interview with Father Rafīq Jirīsh, head of the press center of the Catholic Church, to comment on Catholics’ conditions and role in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007 to Friday, March 9, 2007
Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb writes about church rules and punishments.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Zayn al-‘Ābidīn al-Rikābī writes about Orientalist Bernard Lewis’ allegations made during a conference that has recently been held in Jerusalem.
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Information Minister Mamduh al-Beltagui’s landmark decision to refer the TV series Bint min Shubra [A girl from Shubra], starring Laila Elwi, to the Egyptian Church and the Azhar for opinion has sparked a row. All this haggling was because the heroine Maria, a Catholic Italian, is getting married...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 to Tuesday, February 3, 2004
These are titles of articles published in Arabic press concerning the controversial issue of banning the Ḥijāb in French schools and public institutions.
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The Islamic Research Institute issued a fatwa to the effect that jihad against the US in its war on Iraq is an individual duty on all Muslims. The fatwa has received both positive and negative comments and is reported to have raised the anger of the US Embassy in Cairo.
Date of source:
Akher Saa, al-
Arabi and al-Ahali approached Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christian clergymen, from Egypt and Palestine, and
asked them to comment on the crisis of the Church of the Nativity. They all criticized Sharon?s practices against the
birthplace of Jesus Christ and against the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Announcement of articles reported in this issue about Eastern in Egyptian churches.
Workshop for Egyptian journalists that RNSAW is about to organise in cooperation with the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute.
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Many articles
focussed on the opinions of religious and political leaders concerning the crisis around the Church of the Nativity.
They compared responses from different churches; Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic.