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Survey results highlight negative outlook

  /  May 18, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Figures show dissatisfaction with democratic transition and overwhelming concern for better economic conditions

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Salafi delegation meets Grand Imam

  /  May 8, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Al-Nour Party head: ‘We agreed on combating the threat of Shi’ism’

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University professor accused of contempt of religion

  /  April 29, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  9 Comments

Students filed an official complaint against the professor accusing her of contempt of religion

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Obsessive-compulsive morality disorder

  /  April 28, 2013  /  Opinion  /  1 Comment

On Friday, Islamists surrounded the St George church in Beni Suef demanding the return of a 21 year-old Muslim woman whom they alleged was kidnapped and converted last November by the church in order to read the rest…

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My religion is “none of your business”: Campaigning against division

  /  April 21, 2013  /  In Focus  /  5 Comments

Following sectarian strife that hit Egypt a few weeks ago, a group of young activists initiated the “none of your business” online campaign against division and sectarianism. The campaign is calling for concealing religious affiliation on national identity cards, stirring controversy and debate in different media outlets. Daily News Egypt speaks to the campaign’s organisers, supporters and opposition.

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Culture defies religion

  /  April 18, 2013  /  Culture, Opinion  /  2 Comments

Adel Heine’s weekly column

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Jewish Community Council elects new leader

  /  April 16, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  1 Comment

Unanimous selection of Magda Haroun as new president

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Sectarianism: Egypt’s uncomfortable question

  /  April 13, 2013  /  Opinion  /  4 Comments

For the past 10 years, Egypt has been reminded at least annually of its sectarian time bomb. If your only source of information were Egyptian media, sectarianism would be the work of a radical few, read the rest…

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Cowardice reigns supreme

  /  April 10, 2013  /  Culture, Editorial  /  No Comments

Adel Heine’s weekly column

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Iran minister denies interference in Egypt

  /  April 1, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Amir-Abdollahian: Iran has no intention of meddling in Egyptian mosques

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First flight to Iran in 34 years departs from Cairo airport

  /  March 30, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Flight signals cooperation on tourism between Egypt and Iran

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Islam’s enemy!

  /  March 12, 2013  /  Opinion  /  2 Comments

It goes without saying that the Egyptian crisis is now beyond repair. None of the parties involved, including the military, have the power to resolve the conflict that the country seems destined to engage in. read the rest…

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City of sinners

  /  March 7, 2013  /  Culture, Opinion  /  No Comments

Adel Heine’s weekly column

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Why do Islamists hate Valentine’s Day?

  /  February 19, 2013  /  Opinion  /  5 Comments

By Nervana Mahmoud “Valentine’s Day represents for the Christians, a celebration of adultery and prostitution, and those who go out on this day are prostitutes.” That is how Abu Islam, a radical Egyptian preacher has described read the rest…

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Fayoum church and ‘garbage’ reporting

  /  February 18, 2013  /  Opinion  /  1 Comment

I remain baffled

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The legacy of Sufi poet Omar Ibn El-Farid

  /  February 18, 2013  /  Culture  /  No Comments

Ibn El-Farid is one of the greatest Egyptian mystic poets

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Photo Gallery: Saint Samaan church

  /  February 13, 2013  /  Culture  /  No Comments

  Photos by Abdel Rahman Sherif

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Prophet’s birthday doll: gimmick or shift in culture?

  /  January 28, 2013  /  Culture  /  No Comments

Celebrations of the Prophet’s Muhammad’s birthday are purely cultural

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Saturday Hadra at the Zein El-Abedien mosque

  /  January 28, 2013  /  Culture  /  No Comments

The Hadra is a collective Sufi practice that has been taking place in Egypt for hundreds of years

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Alber Saber: Brotherhood will drive the people to secularism

  /  January 27, 2013  /  interviews  /  3 Comments

Daily News Egypt speaks to Alber Saber, the atheist blogger who was imprisoned for his beliefs

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