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Last week’s Egyptian press tended to reflect on the reasons behind and potential consequences of the eye-catching phenomenon of Niqāb-clad women prevailing in all classes of society.
Robier al-Fāris interviews Rev. Dr. Tharwat Qādis, the first Egyptian pastor in the German Evangelical Church and professor of Dialogue at both the University of Frankfort and the Evangelical Theological Seminary, who spoke about his experience in inter-religious dialogue meetings.
The following lines present a review of the latest book of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments. The book is entitled, ’al-Islām wa Qadāyā al-Hiwār’ [Islam and the Issues of Dialogue].
Although the author praises the efforts of the Ministry of Awqāf [religious endowments] to show the true face of Islam, he demands better supervision on Zāwiyahs and publications for curbing the current religious chaos in society.
The article reports on the statements of Dr. Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, who denied that he has ousted Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, Muftī of Egypt, from the committees of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
Ahmad Tal‘at reports on the statements of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, about the project of unifying the call to prayers in Cairo’s mosques, asserting that the project will start next month.
AWR visited the Holy Family celebration in Dayr Abū Hinnis with journalists from the Spanish News agency EFE. Kees Hulsman wrote a letter to bishop Dimitrius about the visible decline of the cave church with 7th century murals of the flight to Egypt.
The Egyptian press continues to focus on the health condition of the ailing head of the Coptic Orthodox Church who celebrated the 36th anniversary of his consecration in the See of Saint Mark.
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.

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