Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2006 to الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2006
In the article, the author argues that Jewish religious traditions and the Old Testament were strongly influenced by the Egyptian ethical and social code, which preceded Moses by hundreds of years.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2007
The Ḥijāb is not an obligation in Islām, and it is dangerous to easily classify certain concepts under the known and proven. Islām needs innovating scholars who are able to bring it up to date while maintaining the sense of Sharī‘ah, depending on the reasonable interpretation of the Qur’ān and the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 23, 2002
The fact that the Muslim leaders were called caliphs or the Amīr of the believers gave the political authority in Islām a religious and a legal dimension. Islām did not know the meaning of Ummah except in the time of the Prophet. All the Islamic authorities after the time of the Prophet were...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2006
Chancellor
Sa‘īd al-‘Ashmāwī complains about the lift of his police protection to
the Ministry of Interior.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2006
The author articulates some basic rules of interfaith dialogue, which he asserts should be followed by all parties.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2006
An Egyptian secular
Muslim living in Italy says that the Pope’s
discourse should be discussed and understood in an objective way, far
from fundamentalism and
violence.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2006
The author reviews a book made by Egyptian famous intellectual Sa‘īd ‘Ashmāwī, in which he tackled the hijāb issue and other controversial issues related mainly to Muslims’ clothes.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2006 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf devotes a file to the increasing phenomenon of the hijāb in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 5, 2006
The Muslim Brotherhood’s demonstrations in support of the independence of the Egyptian judiciary have posed many questions over the group’s respect for the current “positive laws,” Mustafa Bayyoumī writes.