Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2004
Father Dr. Rufa’il Samy of Tamiya in Fayoum about churchbulding problems.
Comment on the way media report about churchbuilding.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2005
Do our tourism officials know that the remains of Prophet John the Baptist are inside the Anbā Maqqār monastery in the wilderness of Shihīt? If they know about it and do not use this attraction of vital importance to Christians and Muslims alike, then this is a disaster, and if they do not know,...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2005
Several articles in this issue are related to questions about Arab-West dialogue and relations.
Report on democratic beliefs of Islamist groups and the place of religion in Western and Muslim societies.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 19, 2005
The interpretations of Al-Hayat and Al-Ahrām [art. 37 and 38 in this issue of AWR] are both off the mark – al-Hayat quoting the interview in the harshest possible light, al-Ahrām in a naively positive manner. Neither is quoting her quite correctly.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2005
Shawqī Murqus, went to the civil status department to ask for a national identity card but the department refused to issue it for him under the pretext that he had converted to Islam in 1972. He provided evidence that he had reconverted to Christianity with a ruling of the Clerical Council of the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2005
Interview of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, reported with different interpretations and translations in both al-Hayat and al-Ahrām.
Father Basilios al-Maqari writes about two Coptic Orthodox Church councils in the seventies that discussed Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2005
Interview with Bishop Dr. Youhannā Qulta about religion and values in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2005
The constitution, which provides that there is no discrimination among citizens on basis of religion, sex or color, holds that Islamic sharī‘a is the only source of legislation; while the fiqh [Muslim jurisprudence] rule goes that no non-Muslim would be allowed to rule Muslims.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2005
Rose al-Yousuf writes that Egyptian grassroots are not interested in demonstrations of the Kifāya movement.
Critique on an article about a Christian family alleging that the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar was involved in luring their daughter to Islam.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 8, 2005
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria visited Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations that might inspire their own practice of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and...