Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2011
When I saw the report of MEMRI about Egyptian cleric Muḥammad ʿAbdū I was reminded of Tim Cavanaugh’s critique on MEMRI in 2002 that MEMRI does not need to travel very far to cherry-pick offensive comments.
MEMRI presented excerpts from ʿAbdū speaking on al-Ḥikmah TV on September 20, 2011. al-...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2011
Prominent Islamist Sheikh Mohamed Amer has declared that Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, supreme commander of the Egyptian armed forces, should be considered "leader of the faithful" due to his current capacity as military ruler of the country.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2011
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Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has accused the former regime of tearing apart the fabric of the people of Egypt through permanent fitnah.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 5, 2011
Some Egyptian Christian emigrants have always been parroting during the former regime's time that they could not come to Egypt to convene meetings and forums for dialogue over the Christian citizens' cares and problems as well as discrimination and challenges facing equality in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2011
Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.
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Sanne Lundberg’s thesis was about the strong Coptic Christian perception of being discriminated, the interplay of this belief with religious beliefs, as well as
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2011
It goes without saying that a comprehensive process for reformulating Egyptian politics is just around the corner.
The last constitutional amendments have limited presidential terms to a maximum of four years, with candidates eligible to serve no more than two terms, and have stipulated the...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2010
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Our reading of the Cairo papers this week takes us to the weekly, State-owned al-Mussawar and the file it recently published on “Do Copts hate the July Revolution?” In his article entitled, “Copts under Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir,” Midhat Bishāy attempted to cite both the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2010
The article discusses the reality of the relation between Pope Kyrillos VI and President Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2011
[Editor AWR: Both Cardinal Patriarch Antonius Naguib (Cardinal of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt) and AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman were asked to give presentations about the place of Christians in Egypt today on occasion of "The Parlamentarischer Abend" (informal evening meeting of...