Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2005
A senior official of the Azhar denied yesterday that there are any plans for passing a new law concerning electing the Grand Imam of the Azhar. He added that this issue was only discussed by the mass media.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2005
In an interview in Kul al-Arab (an Israeli newspaper published by the “Arab 48”), Muhammad Farīd Hasanīn, an Egyptian businessman and a third candidate for the Egyptian presidency launched a severe attack against Egypt accusing it of opaqueness and corruption.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2005
In an interview with al-Maydān, the controversial Nawāl al-Sacdāwī reiterated some of her previously known views on polygamy, circumcision, as well as her plans to run for the Egyptian presidency.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2005
The Islamic Research Institute affiliated to the Azhar banned the book of al-Islām Makshoufan [Islam uncovered] by the Palestinian priest Anīs Shurour. The book is full of negative and defaming depictions of Islam and the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2005
Dutch MP of Somali origin Ayyān Hirsī cAli appeared in the Dutch parliament headquarters in the Hague on January 18, 2005 for the first time since she left the country aboard a military aircraft on November 10, 2004, just eight days after the assassination in the streets of Amsterdam of Dutch...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2005
The British courts ordered £ 10.000 compensation for a British Muslim called Muhammad Khān after he was sacked from his job for going on a five-week pilgrimage to Mecca
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2005
The rightist Swiss media launched a campaign against the Muslim minority, undermining their achievements.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2005
Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, Muftī of Egypt, allowed the cremating the bodies of the victims of the Tsunami that hit Asia, in order to prevent the spread of epidemics. This opinion raised arguments in Egypt and the Azhar.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2005
Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, leads the Christmas Eve mass, to be attended by a host of officials and clergymen. On Friday, the Pope is scheduled to receive well-wishing officials and will then, as he usually does, head for the Anbā Bīshouy Monastery.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2005
The U.S. Department of State annual report expressed U.S. concern over the rise of anti-Semitic sentiment in the world, especially in Europe during the past few years.