Egypt

Israel pulls envoy after embassy attack

Israel’s ambassador to Egypt and senior staff have been evacuated home after protesters broke into a building containing the country’s embassy in Cairo on Friday night, adding further strain to already tense relations between the neighbours. A plane carrying Yitzhak Levanon, the ambassador, and others landed in Israel on Saturday, Israel Radio […]

Egyptians attack Israel embassy

Reuters: Obama administration urges Egypt to protect embassy * Israel appeals for American help * Israel ambassador, family, staff fly back to Israel * At least 450 injured (Adds state TV says ambassador leaves, confrontations continue) By Sami Aboudi CAIRO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the building […]

President Shimon Peres hosts Ramadan dinner

President invites Egypt’s deputy ambassador amid quarrel over apology, rocket fire in south. President Shimon Peres held a dinner marking the Arab holy month of Ramadan at his residence in Jerusalem Sunday evening, inviting Egypt’s deputy ambassador to participate amid threats the country would withdraw its ambassador from Israel. At […]

Relations between Christians and Muslims in the New Egypt – Civil Society Instead of Confessionalism

Source: Qantara The epochal transformations in the Arab world offer a historic opportunity for Muslims and Christians in these countries – and especially in Egypt – to establish a new, constitutional foundation for their relations. A commentary by Loay Mudhoon Observers worldwide followed events with a great deal of sympathy […]

Al-Azhar torn between secularists and Islamists

Noha El Hennawy, Almasy Alyoum, Cairo. Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on one issue: the necessity of liberating Al-Azhar from government control. Yet, each camp has its own motives for supporting an autonomous clergy. Islamists view an autonomous Al-Azhar as key […]