Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2004
I have been shocked when I read an article in Sawt Al-Umma’s November 1 issue by Mustafa Abd Al-Latif Darwish under the title Archpriest Zakaria Butros’s play. The article seems to be refuting what the Archpriest has said in an interview in the Al-Hayat channel, but actually it is all about...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2004
The assassination of Theo van Gogh resulted in a debate in Dutch media about the limits of the freedom of expression. Van Gogh himself specialized in offensive language against religion; his words were deliberately calculated to hurt people. Others, found van Gogh had gone too far, misused the...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2004
Minister of Information Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagui requested that “A girl from Shubra” [Bent Min Shubra] be screened before the Church and the Azhar before being aired on Egyptian television. We say that the decision of the minister is unwise. Nothing in the television series raises the necessity of...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2004
The fatwa of Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa, Imam of the mosque of the Spanish town of Fuengirola and mufti of the Islamic community in Spain, allowing husbands to beat their wives triggered a wave of rage and rejection from women’s rights organizations that interpreted the fatwa as a call for...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2004
The unity of Muslims abroad is the best venue to correct the West’s view of Islam. There is great potential for action, but the efforts remain individual and uncoordinated, hence insignificant. Muslims abroad are now making many attempts to concentrate these efforts, such as establishing an Islamic...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2004
Islamophobia, fear of Islam, is a concept created by the West through historical, political, economic and media factors. Several Islamic countries have fallen into the trap of Islamophobia, which makes fixing the distorted picture of Islam all the more important.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazeef graced the national unity iftar [breaking of the fast] banquet – hosted by the Ministry of Endowments – with his presence. Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sorour, and the Pope of Alexandria as well as Patriarch of the Sea of St, Mark, His Holiness...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2004
Mr. Abdel Rehim Rayhan, Ancient Antiquities Director of Dahab, discovered a plan set by the Zionists to change the Christian pilgrimage track in Sinai. Rayan mentioned that in 1967, some Jewish scholars visited Wadi Hagag, an area on the Christian pilgrimage track in Sinai, and took photographs of...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 26, 2004
At the opening of the Cultural Season of the Islamic Council at the Nour Mosque in Abbasya, Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, emphasized that the kidnapping of the six Egyptians in Iraq is a criminal act, and that Islam denounces those who have done that, regardless of their...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2004
In his closed meeting with TV and radio announcers, Information Minister Mamdouh Al- Biltagy said “we should not present veiled announcers on screen due to the current Western view of Muslims as terrorists. “Egyptian females are modest, whether veiled or not.”