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Amidst the tempest caused by the Ministry of Awqaf's [Religious Endowment's] plan to unify the Azan in the Greater Cairo, Dr. Zaqzouq, the Minister, was the target of fervent attacks. He was accused of being involved in a plot to ruin Islam. Those who attacked the Minister backed their attacks with...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2006 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2006
Rose al-Yūsuf continues presenting the
different reactions of men of education and literature about
the Takfīr thesis. The following
lines present the viewpoint of the Egyptian poet Ahmad
‘Abd al-Mu‘tī
Hijāzī defends Rose al-Yūsuf, and criticizes
the Azhar strategy claiming that
Egypt needs...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 31, 2003 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2003
The article discusses the phenomenon of sellers around mosques as one of the channels that promote terrorism. The deputy of the Ministry of Endowments comments on this phenomenon and how the ministry and the police should co
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 24, 2003 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 30, 2003
The author comments on the status of antiquities and manuscripts in the Coptic Museum, one of which is the Psalms of David that reportedly had been stolen from the Museum.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2002 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2002
Rose El-Youssef created a special file on extremism and terrorism. The file discusses cassette tapes that degrade women in Egyptian society, the fact that some lawyers looking for fame collaborate with extremists, that some scholars oppose scholarly development and that terrorists have turned to...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2004
In addition to holding historical value, Coptic monuments also hold religious and spiritual value, stories of saints and symbols of the Coptic Orthodox faith, which makes Coptic monuments no less valuable than the pharaonic ones. This becomes clear abroad with many countries competing to host...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2004
The visit of the American Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt is this time done under the pretext of investigating the conditions of Baha’is, Jehovah Witnesses and the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. The American Commission claims that these groups are persecuted. Remarkably strange,...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2005
There are about 15 parties in Egypt but the man in the street does not have the feeling that they actually exist on the political chessboard, and even if he did, he would never trust them.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 26, 2005
It is the people’s right to protest, but if these protests turn into complete disorder and chaos, then this right should be, carefully, reconsidered. There is a thin line between protests and chaos, and we must be careful not to trespass it.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 26, 2005
The authors provide critical comments of Dr. Rif‘at al-Sa‘īd, leader of al-Tajammu‘ Party, about Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm of the Ibn Khaldoun Institute for Development Studies.