It is suggested that highly influential dā‘iya, cAmr Khālid is promoting a type of Islam that is acceptable to the United States, appeasing angry youth during the invasion of Iraq, thereby serving US interests in the area.
The Council of Scientific Research at the Azhar University recommended a few
days ago that Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] be banned after
being released in Cairo seventeen years ago. The imam [in the novel] served as the central
symbol representing...
Ibrahim Nafi’ explains the mission of Arabs Against Discrimination organization. It is
the first Arab independent non-governmental organization whose objective is to counter the tyrant
campaign against Arabs and Muslims. The organization consists of Arab and Egyptian academicians
and...
The author sheds light upon the importance of human relations with regards to the
Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people, stressing the psychological suffering that the
Palestinian families go through when they lose loved ones because of suicide operations [with
comments].
The Sheikh of the Azhar confirmed that the Palestinian fedaye [self-
sacrificing] operations are martyrdom operations [the person who carry such operations is
considered a martyr], whether carried out by males or females. He said that women could
accomplish these operations even without...
The article is about the National Council for Human Rights. The author explains that Egyptians pin much hope on the new council. Egyptians are looking forward to regain a worth lost and a dignity curtailed before the official, political and security apparatuses in Egypt. The author argues...
Sheikh
Youssef El Badry caused a storm by sending a court usher [mahdar] to the head of Radio and
Television Union, and actor and talk show host Samir Sabri because of a television talk show,
Heza Al-Masa’ [This Evening] that discussed the issue of female genital mutilation [FGM]. Among...
The article is an interview with Dr. Nadia
Mustafa, professor of International Relations, head of the Center for Political Research and head
of the Program for Dialogue between Civilizations at Cairo University. Dr. Mustafa admits our
society’s need for renewing the religious discourse...
A late bid by the German cultural center in Cairo was
really a model of how to materialize the recommendations involved in this agenda. Four Egyptians and four Germans were
handpicked for an overall dialogue. Religion and its duties, impact and interpretations were the focal point of the...