Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2004
“The good Muslim and the evil Muslim” is the title of eminent Ugandan thinker Mahmoud Mamdani’s most recent book written in 2004. It’s predictable that the American administration would slot Muslims into categories of good and evil. Those who would help the administration fight terrorism in Iraq...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2004
In a seminar organized by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, Copts talked about their human rights grievances. Many prejudices against Copts have recently come to the surface as seen in the events at Al-Kosheh village in Upper Egypt a couple of years ago. The incident in Upper Egypt showed...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 2004
The possibility that the Muslim Brotherhood would strike an alliance with the Nasserist Party brings up the question of how the Brotherhood will be able to forget the persecution they faced during the rule of Abdel Nasser when they were imprisoned and tortured. The history of relations between the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 10, 2004
I have some remarks about the American report about the Islamic situation [i.e. “Civil Democratic Islam… Partners, Resources, and Strategies”]. This report was not made for philanthropic purposes but at the expense of the US Department of Defense. The report was issued by the National Security...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 10, 2004
Sayyed Qutb and Muhammad Baqer Al-Sadr are two thinkers who lived similar lives. The former was executed in Egypt in 1966, and the latter was killed under the Saddam regime [in Iraq], and they both left an important mark on the path of contemporary history. Qutb belonged of the Muslim Brotherhood,...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 5, 2004
Now the whole world is talking about reform, the Muslim Brotherhood does not want to miss the boat and has immediately released reform initiatives. Their initiative is very rational and polite; they spoke of citizenship and the honor of voting in elections. But is this vision compatible with the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2004
Sawt Al-Umma published an article titled “The exact salaries of priests” by Fadi Habashi on July 26, 2004. Habashi’s claims about the financial state of Coptic clergymen reveals his ignorance. I have several comments on this article.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2004
Responses to Lord Carey’s Cairo lecture. Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and the Mufti Dr. Ali Goma’a stressed the need for mutual understanding between Muslims and Christians. Questions were asked about bad reporting, the meaning of dialogue and evangelism.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2004
The events of September 11 may push the world to adopt the idea of the clash of civilizations, but they also emphasize the need for dialogue between and among civilizations. I do not accept the idea that the future carries increasing violence, deeper bitterness and spiteful dialogues between and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2004
The articles of Ahmad are nothing but a show of extreme frustration and anger about how the holocaust has been used to create sympathy for Jews and Israel. He could have addressed this but denying or downplaying the holocaust is simply wrong.