Date of source: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked
considerable
controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the
movie on grounds of
freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2006
The author
talks about a discussion
he participated in about ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and freedom of expression in
Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Asmā’ ‘Abd Allāh reports on differing opinions
about
appointing a woman as head of the Anglican Church of America.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
The author reviews the recommendations of the 4th expatriate Copts conference held in the state of New Jersey, which included demands to amend the second article of the constitution asserting that Islam is the State’s official religion, and an official apology for the regime’s crimes against the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The author focuses on a recent opinion by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria on the
sin of having a wet dream. He
advised young people to stay away from any sexually-exciting scenes and to
pray before sleeping.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The author interviews two Christians, Dr.
Girgis Kāmil Yousif and Jamāl
As‘ad ‘Abd al-Malāk, on the phenomenon of
the banning of books inside the Orthodox
Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author affirms in his
article that the Copts are not an ethnic
minority that is separate from the rest of the Egyptian people, urging the
church to stop trying to play a
political role and to shoulder its responsibility of encouraging Copts to
participate in the nation’s
political process...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The ordination of a priest in
‘Udaysāt might open the door to a new wave of sectarianism. Hanī al-A‘sar
investigates the surrounding circumstances.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The author talks about the repercussions of the serious economic problems in
Egypt, urging the government
to solve these problems to protect youths from extremism.
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2006
The sectarian incident in Alexandria has created uproar among
the Copts. Egyptian
intellectuals and clergy men have reacted to it. The reactions of expatriate Copts were
also observed.