Egypt parliamentary polls will be ‘heated’, says interior minister
CAIRO: Egypt's interior minister said on Sunday he expected upcoming parliamentary elections to be "heated", warning that the authorities would clamp down on anyone who stepped outside the law. "It…
Former Egyptian foreign minister dies at 75
CAIRO: Ahmed Maher, Egypt's former foreign minister known for his low-key diplomacy, died Monday, the state-owned news agency said. He was 75. Egypt's MENA news agency said Maher…
Pope Shenouda apologizes over bishop’s Islam remarks
CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Christian leader Pope Shenouda III apologized in a television interview Sunday to any Muslims who were offended after his top bishop reportedly disputed the authenticity of some…
Teaching the next generation to make peace
BALTIMORE, Maryland: Religious leaders should advocate the spirit of God’s words, which make no distinction between color and creed and are found in all religions’ divine revelations. It is God’s…
The great depression in economic memory
PARIS: The dispute that has emerged in the United States and Europe between proponents of further government stimulus and advocates of fiscal retrenchment feels very much like a debate about…
Russia debates its future
YAROSLAVL: Russia is said by many to lack a “civil society.” But it partly makes up for this by having a rather interesting public sphere, in which serious topics do…
Talking through walls in NYC
WASHINGTON, DC: This year, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, many Americans were scared that violence would ensue as a result of a planned Quran burning and…
Egypt opposition divided over election boycott
CAIRO: Two months away from parliamentary polls, Egypt's opposition is deeply divided between those urging a boycott because they say the vote will be "rigged" and those pushing to make…
Retrial of Hisham Talaat Moustafa adjourned till Tuesday
CAIRO: The South Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday adjourned till Tuesday the retrial of business tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa and former police officer Mohsen Al-Sukkari for the prosecution witnesses to…
Comments on Quran misunderstood, says Bishop Bishoy
CAIRO: Secretary of the Holy Synod and Damietta's Bishop Bishoy denied any intended insult to the Quran or to Islam, stressing that his statement about revising the Quran — which…
