Posts Tagged ‘ belief ’

Religious rites and wrongs

The banning of a Jewish festival this year in Egypt is wrong, both from a secular and religious perspective.

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Hebron settlers: The art of peace

Hebron settlers: The art of peace

The settlers in Hebron are widely regarded as the enemies of peace. That's why I, as an Egyptian, decided it was essential to get to know them.

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The ghost of Christmas past

The ghost of Christmas past

The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?

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Defining Egyptian democracy: “Not like America and not like Iran”

Defining Egyptian democracy: “Not like America and not like Iran”

Provincial Egyptians believe that moderate Islamists can construct an Egyptian model of democracy that respects their traditions and identity.

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The sacred right to ‘insult’

Jailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution's spirit, and violates people's secular and sacred rights.

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Rejected by the right, Western Muslims are only left with the left

No Muslim in their right mind would support far-right Christian groups in the West, though they may well symathise with their Muslim equivalents elsewhere.

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From Arab spring to summer of love in Egypt?

The Egyptian revolution awoke hopes of a new era of gender equality and of greater sexual liberty. But how likely is Egypt to have its own summer of love?

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Atheists: Egypt’s forgotten minority

Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.

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Lost in demonisation

Israelis and Arabs tend to believe that they share little in common. But in reality they are more alike than they like to admit.

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The Arab man’s burden

Some in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.

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