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56-A columnist highlights the fears and concerns of minorities in Egypt in light of the Constitutional referendum
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2012
“You do not deserve freedom and justice, if you deny them for your opponents, and if you do not strive to grant them the full rights of citizenship, so be sure that no one will strive for yours, unless you experience the bitter taste of being segregated. Freedom, justice and equality are rights...
14. Commemorating ‘Āshūrā’: Remembering diversity or difference?
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2013
The tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar is known as ‘Āshūrā’. This day, is a sacred day celebrated by both Sunnīs and Shī’ah Muslims alike albeit for different reasons. Despite sharing this day in common, it highlights differences and brings memories of unjustified...
69. A Shi‘i leader calls for giving the Baha’is civil rights
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2008
A Shī‘ī leader, Dr. Rāsim al-Nafīs has called for giving the Bahā’īs their full civil rights as Egyptian citizens.
16. Leaders of the Salafi Islamic movements assign themselves the title ’imam’...and deceive their followers by proclaiming themselves “the awaited Mahdi”
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 11, 2008
The author reviews the concept of “the awaited Mahdī” that has been widely adopted by spiritual leaders of various Islamic movements as a way to have power over their members.
11. Mobile phone ‘ulamas made divorce easier than drinking water
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 4, 2008
A fatwá on the legality of divorce by SMS generates criticism and raises questions over the necessity of declaring it publicly.
22. S&#803ufi orders in Egypt and political Islam
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Rumors circulate in the Egyptian political context about the Ṣūfīs targeting influential political positions in Egypt. There are 73 Ṣūfī orders and 11 million Murīds, assert researchers in Ṣūfism in Egypt.
13. Salafists believe they are the only assigned by God to protect the Sunnah and determine the correct H&#803adiths
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2007
Dr. al-Nafīs criticizes the Salafī currents and their allegations to be the only people qualified to judge the Sunnah and determine the right and the wrong.
9. Those are the ancestors and that is how they are thinking
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2007
The author records the two Muslim trends of thought throughout history.
73. The Jihad Group’s “revisions;” are they marginalizing or integrating for cultural communities in Egypt?
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2007
al-Aḥrār published a file about the three minorities in Egypt: Copts, Shī‘ah and Nubians. The file sheds light on the historic backgrounds and the current situations of these minorities. Nāhid al-Nibrāwī, editor of the file presents an observation of reality and viewpoints of minorities leading...
19. A controversy over Shaykh Youssef al-Qaradawi’s Fatwá allowing the killing of American civilians in Iraq
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During a seminar held at the Journalists? Syndicate, the heavyweight Muslim scholar Shaykh al-Qaradawi discussed, among other subjects, the situation in Iraq. Shaykh al-Qaradawi, the head of the newly established, Ireland-based Union of Muslim Scholars, was quoted as saying that all Americans in...

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