Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2011
After a week of demonstrations against Qena’s newly-appointed Coptic governor 'Imād Mikhael, the protest leaders have called for a "million-man" march on Friday April 22, 2011.
While some protesters refused to be ruled by a Copt, calling for a Muslim replacement, others oppose Mikhael’s...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2011
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, the Egyptian cabinet announced that its Minister of Interior Mansūr al-'Isawī would take measures against the "unlawful practices" of protesters in Qena governorate.
Expressing their opposition against Qena's newly-appointed Coptic governor 'Imād Mikhael, protesters...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2011
During a forum held in Cairo on Tuesday April 19, 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl announced that he does not fear the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), adding the group would abandon a religious state model, like in Iran, and favor the Turkish model instead.
He nevertheless emphasized that the MB...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2011
The article talks about the dispersion of extreme ideologies that call for Islamizing the society even by violence.
Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, had announced that the absence of the balanced ideologies of the Azhar was the reason for that.
On the other hand, Minister of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2011
Dr. Zaghlūl al-Najār, head of the committee of the scientific miracle in the Holy Qur'ān said that overthrowing the former regime is considered a divine miracle.
He added that Mubārak's regime spread his ruling in the country in a 'satanic' way.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2011
Fighting poverty, the main reason to blame on Muslims' ignorance and lagging behind to keep up with progress and technology, is an unobserved Islamic farīdah (duty).
The author added that malnutrition and poverty are some of the main problems facing the Islamic nation, and may lead to many crimes...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2011
The appearance of Islamist movements in the society spread fears that they might take over power and apply the Islamic sharī'ah.
According to the author of the article, Muslim scholars, inlcuding Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, affirmed that applying the sharī'ah is righteous at all ages and places.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood group starts a new dialogue initiative with Copts titled 'you heard a lot about us, now listen to us'.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2011
The Jama'āh Islāmīyah requested the United States to release its leader ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman who has been in a U.S. prison for 15 years, highlighting the inhuman treatment he receives, including that he was forbidden to pray.
The group called for peaceful vigils before the U.S. embassy in Cairo in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 19, 2011
On Tuesday April 19, 2011, seventeen civil rights and other political organizations called on the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) to constrain the influence of salafī groups. They further argued that the SCAF’s lenience hitherto has allowed salafīs to turn recent protests e.g. against Qena’...