Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2006
A National Center for Translation will be established by
presidential decree, consisting of a chairman, members of Egyptian and foreign organizations and governmental
ministers.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2006
The attack on
Islam and Prophet Muhammad seem to be ongoing. The author believes that a global Islamic plan should be drawn up to
confront these offences and to specify whether to confiscate such books or make them available to readers.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2006
According to article no. 4 of law 84 for 2002, the Ibn Khaldūn Center and the “American and the Democratic Institutes” are considered to be legally dissolved.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2006
Copts were completely absent from television screens in
Ramaḍān.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
Egyptian police confiscate a book allegedly upon the Azhar’s request. The book criticizes "modern
shaykhs" and supports woman’s leadership in prayers.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
The article deals with an
address by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in which he pledged to settle the crisis of the seven Christians
detained for attempting to take a Christian girl from al-Fayyūm who had converted to Islam.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2006
Leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland seeks apology from
Muslims for the
September 11 attacks and London bombings in return for the pope’s apology for his offence to
Islam.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
A school
textbook about Islam is
taught in Spanish schools as part of a project for discovering Islam in Europe.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2006
The minister of Awqāf announces the launching of a unified call to prayer by
the end of 2006.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...