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Baheb al-Sima triggered a debate on the Church’s role in supervising artistic material. While clergymen demanded that the Church be consulted on works relating to religion in any way, representatives of the Censorship Authorities rejected the role of religious institutions, whether they represent...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2004 to الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2004
Egyptian newspapers covered the occasion of the Eastern Easter feast celebrated by the Coptic Christian Church. Topics ranged from historical background articles to opinion articles about Easter.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2004 to الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2004
A list of articles published in Arabic press available in Egypt on ?the passion of the Christ?.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 31, 2004 to الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2004
A list of articles published in Arabic press available in Egypt on “the passion of the Christ”.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2004 to الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2004
In his newspaper Sawt al-Ummah on 10 February 2004, Hammouda accused Christians of being polytheists and unbelievers and he tried to use the Qur’ān to back his claims, but the Qur’ān is free of these claims. The editor of Sawt al-Ummah has a long history of poisoning national unity. Art. 3 - the...
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The Egyptian Church celebrated the 80th birthday of Pope Shenouda III. On this occasion, four newspapers shed light on different aspects of the life of the pope.
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Magdy Khalil, a Coptic writer in the US, wrote a series of three articles in Watani
newspaper under a general title "A Returnee from Cairo." In this series, he comments on the conditions of Copts in
Egypt. al-Arabi, mouthpiece of the Nasserist Party, and Islamic independent Aqidati highly...
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Editor-in-chief of Sout al-Ummah has written a two-part article on monotheism. Some of the points he raised are
understood to be directed against the Christian faith in the Holy Trinity and reincarnation. The priest of the Hanging
Church responds to his articles and a Coptic attorney has...
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Questioning the religious dimension of the war on Iraq is the focus of many articles covering the war. Different publications shed light on Bush’s religious background in an effort to establish a link between his religious tendencies and the war. Others wonder whether the war is a new crusade...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 26, 2008
Arab media primarily placed the war in Iraq in the framework of the religious dimension. Religion is present in the background of almost all articles. Reactions of religious institutions and figures and the impact of religion on the characters of both Bush and Saddam Hussein are the focus of...