Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2006
The author provides a commentary on the Muslim Brotherhood, criticizing its actions and beliefs, and warning that it is gaining substantial ground toward becoming the political leaders of perhaps multiple Arab nations.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2006 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2006
The author deals in this article with several new satellite channels that disseminate programs presented by extremists.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2006
The author discusses the pleadings of Nobel laureate Najīb Mahfouz’s lawyer, who refuted charges of blasphemy pressed against the writer over his controversial novel Awlād Hāritnā.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2006
Authors in several newspapers are calling for appeasement in Arab and Muslim countries over the problem of the Danish newspaper’s cartoons, though many are still furious over the cartoons. A few authors do not consider boycotting Danish products a nice solution, while others propose that an...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2006
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reiterated its apology to the Muslim world over the cartoons it had published on September 30, 2005, which nourished antagonistic sentiments against Denmark. However, the newspaper editor Carsten Juste refused to pledge to not publish any more articles or cartoons...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2006
A 19-year-old student at the Secretary Institute, Teresa Ghattās Kāmil Girgis, has been reported missing by her older brother, who accuses Mu‘tazz Muhammad Mutwallī of being behind his sister’s disappearance.
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: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2006
Many Azhar scholars have rejected female circumcision and even criminalized it based on the notion that the practice has never been a duty or obligation in Islam and there are no texts in the Qur’ān or sunna [the Prophet Muhammad’s tradition] that encourage it.
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The author says that Islam has stressed equality between men and women in all rights and duties, including the civil, economic, educational, political and work rights.