Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2006 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2006
The author states that Hamās has the right to rule Palestine but asks whether such movements can ever accept the principle of the circulation of power. The author stresses that opposing and criticizing these movements is not equal to criticizing and opposing Islam, because these groups do not...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2006
The director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, lashed out at political Islam movements. He blames them for their illiberal approach, which he thinks dominates the Arab world at the present time, but supports an increase in their status so long as they are...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2006 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf esteems the great contributions in Islamic thinking of well-known Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic literature, Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, who recently left Egypt for The Netherlands after a court ordered him to separate from his wife.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2006
The author states that the Ministry of Awqāf [Endowments] has made efforts to keep quackery books away from the general public.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2006
In a panel held on the sidelines of the Cairo International Book Fair, Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a surprised everyone when he announced that Najīb Mahfouz’ controversial Awlād Hāratnā was not referred to the Azhar for religious opinion.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2006
A supplement by independent newspaper Sawt al-Umma, January 30, 2006, reviewed three prohibited books. The first two books dealt with thorny issues in Islam and Christianity while the third one discussed sexual intercourse in very obscene details.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 22, 2006
In the last parliamentary elections, there were attempts to twist the laws and exploit religion and religious slogans for political gains, a matter that calls for a firm pause. As for the Copts, some say they should have a larger representation in various dimensions of the government. Many...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2006
The Art of Flight by Davin Anders Hutchins portrays the plight of Sudanese refugees in Egypt and how much they have to struggle for a reasonable life.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of al-Manār Channel, owned by the Lebanese Hizb Allāh and the Iranian Sahar TV1, arguing that they spread "hate, encourage the radicalization of Muslims, and glorify terrorist attacks."
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of Saudi Iqra’ [Read] TV and Iranian al-‘Ālam (the World), arguing that the channels encourage radicalism and promote anti-Semitism.