Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2004
The British government revealed a new law proposal condemning
discrimination on the basis of religion. Muslims, who are considered the religious denomination
suffering the most from discrimination in Britain, especially after September 11, would benefit
tremendously.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2004
On December 9, 2004, the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR) demanded that the Ministry of Justice investigate the burning of two mosques,
one in Arizona and the other in Massachusetts. CAIR is the largest organization for Muslim
American civil rights in the U.S. The Ministry of Justice...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 28, 2004
There has been a wide political debate about a
judicial complaint calling for the confiscation of the book “Al-Hijab: Ro’ya ‘Assriya” [The
Headscarf: A Contemporary Perspective] by and the dismissal of the author and editor-in-chief of
Hawa [Eve] magazine Iqbal Baraka from her job.
The...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2004
A crisis has broken out between the Nasserites and the Muslims Brotherhood in the Journalists’ Syndicate. Two Brotherhood members made an agreement with Internews to organize a training program in Hurgada, which would also be funded by Internews. The members carried out the agreement without...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2004
Human Rights Watch has launched a severe attack on Egypt claiming that women’s rights are being flagrantly violated in Egypt. The American organization issued a statement in which it condemned all sorts of discrimination practiced against women,most notably restrictions regarding their right to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2004
A memorandum distributed by the Ministry of Awqaf among imams of mosques triggered a crisis. The memorandum urged imams to keep an eye on religious audiotapes to make sure that they do not include extremist ideas. The memorandum was rejected by imams who believed this meant that they would turn...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 15, 2004
An Egyptian newspaper published yesterday that authorities had released 700 members of The Gama’a Al-Islamiya that was charged with carrying out terrorist attacks in the nineties before its recent initiative to reject violence.
- See art. 11: Sayyed Al-Qimni criticizes pro-terrorism fatwas given...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2004
There has recently been an uproar against [prominent dramatist] Usama Anwar Okasha for allegedly transgressing against Islam. This article presents his opinions.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2004
The Grand Imam attempted to calm the worries [of the public] concerning the decision to give jurisdiction of judicial confiscation to Al-Azhar’s inspectors.. He explained that the publications that are outlined in this decision do not fall under the category of creativity, but rather conflict with...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2005
Dr. Shaykh‘Alī Jum‘a, met with the head of the Bundestag Foreign Affaires Committee. He discussed German school textbooks
that affront Islam and engender hatred towards Muslims.