Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2006
The decision of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a to allow the controversial Wahabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad, by Natana J. De Long-Bas into Egypt has provoked dispute among members of the Islamic Research Academy, who had previously announced their disapproval of the...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2006
The Vatican and the Jews are seeking to include the Muslims in their interfaith dialogues. The idea was tabled for discussion but no conclusions have been reached yet.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2006
These articles address how sectarian strife in Egypt occurs in several areas under various forms. Although calm appears to be quickly restored, everyone seems to await a new crisis. The writers suggest that old ways of dealing with the crisis are futile, and that there should be more frankness and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2006
There is no obligation on Muslims to watch the advent of the mahdī according to the muftī of Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2006
Around 99 U.S. bishops and more than 5000 members of the United Methodist Church have recently signed an anti-war statement, calling the Iraq war "an unjust and immoral invasion and occupation."
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2006
Half a century after it was banned, Najīb Mahfouz’s controversial novel, Awlād Hāritnā, is returning to the Egyptian market, this time with an introduction by Islamic thinker Ahmad Kamāl Abu al-Majd at the request of Mahfouz himself.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2006
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he personally condemned the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten. In an interview with the Danish TV2 station, Rasmussen said that he respected religious beliefs and that would prevent him from depicting Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious symbol...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2006
In Al-‘Ālam al-Ān (the world now), a program broadcast on the American Radio Sawa, General Coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Change-otherwise known as Kifāya [enough], George Ishāq, has rejected the calls of leader of the Washington-based US Coptic Association (USCA), Michael Munīr, to hold...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2006
Nearly 400 Sudanese refugees protested yesterday in front of the headquarters of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees in al-Muhandisīn, Cairo, demanding the commission to resume its aid program for them.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2006
Egyptian authorities released 1550 Sudanese refugees after security forces cleared a protest camp in Cairo, an official source at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told al-Ahrām.