Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2003
German expert Rudolph Sindler, who is working in an engineering project in Upper Egypt, converted to Islam and married an Egyptian. He said he converted to Islam because of its tolerance and mercy.
See also art. 27.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2003
A parliamentary member belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group claimed that the book of poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi “Commandments for Loving Women” defames Islam. The Reading Committee at the Book Association examined the book and issued a report stating that there is nothing in the book against Islam...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 5, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar asked the Secretary General of the Islamic Research Institute to review the names of the Fatwa Committee members. The cautions of the Grand Imam will limit political fatwa-giving, yet it will not stop it
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2003
The Giza Prosecution started to investigate the notification of the Egyptian Anti-Torture Organization concerning the detention and torture of some of the inhabitants of the village of Tersa in Giza at the hands of the police.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2003
The Jordanian Administrative Court supported a prison sentence handed down to Jordanian poet Musa Al-Hawamda by a lower court. Al-Hawamda is charged with defaming Islam in his poetic anthology titled “My Trees are Higher.”
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2003
Egyptian authorities hold talks with the US to release a Copt detained by US forces at the Egyptian church in Baghdad.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2003
US forces in Iraq released four Egyptian Copts detained since July 19 during an US attack on the Egyptian Church in Baghdad. The four Copts were charged with possessing weapons without permission.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that the war on Iraq has been a warning sign for undemocratic regimes in the world and that it may encourage political reform in the Middle East region.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2003
The Minister of Endowments denied that Egypt listened to American pressures regarding unifying Friday sermons in all mosques. Still, his denial does not deny the fact that the US plays a role in that concern.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2003
Prominent sources in Ankara declared that there is an American plan to Christianize thousands of Iraqis in the north of Iraq. The sources asserted that the US is trying to control all Iraqi cities and at the same time exert efforts to help the work of Christian missionaries there.