Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2004
In December 1976, Mamdouh Salem, then Minister of Interior, issued a
decision to cancel censorship on books and newspapers. This was one way President Sadat aimed at
presenting himself as democratic. The editors and the managers of the newspapers were appointed
by the president himself and thus...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2004
In this interview Nawal Al-Sa’adawi answers many questions about the attacks on her and the supervision of the Azhar over artistic works.
- See art. 40: A debate on the controversial role of religious institution in supervision artistic material
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2004
The article is an
interview with Samir Marcos, a [Coptic] social researcher and political thinker. Marcos present
his views on a number of important issues such as renewal of the religious discourse, the status
of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the establishment of religious political parties.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Al-Samman, the Deputy of the Permanent Committee for
Inter-Religious Dialogue. Issues discussed in the interview include
inter-religious dialogue,
acts of violence, extremism, the relation between the Arab World and the West.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2004
As the Coptic fasting that precedes the Easter started on 16 February [it
continues for 55 days], the article gives information about fasting in Coptic Christianity, its
meaning and rules.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 19, 2004
Recently,
Rifa’at Al-Sa’id published a book titled “Al-Erhab Al- Mut’aslim…Lemaza?… Mata?…Ela eyn?”
[Islamized Terrorism: Why? When? To Where?] in which he attacks the group fiercely. Al-Sa’id also
mentions some of the principles that have ruled the Brotherhood, and that allow murdering a...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2004
The professor of Philosophy and Islamic Doctrine at the Azhar
University Dr. Sa’ad Eddin Saleh states in his book titled “Al-Ekhwan Al-Muslimoun…ela Ayn?" [The
Muslim Brotherhood: To Where?] that the problem of the Muslim Brotherhood is the leadership. This
problem started after the death of the...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2004
Mountaser Al-Zayyat, the lawyer of the fundamentalist groups in Egypt, stated thatKhaled Al-Islamboly, the assassin of Sadat, was not a member of Al-Jihad organization or of the Gama’a Islamiya; he was closely linked to Muhammad Abdel Salam Farag, leader of Al-Jihad in 1981.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2005
Sawt al-Umma published in a previous issue the contents of Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s recent book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A Look from within]. In this article, al-Zayyāt defends some points discussed by Muhammad al-Bāz.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2005
Muntasir al-Zayyāt, lawyer of al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya said in an interview with Sawt al-Umma that he might be put in jail soon by the security apparatuses or killed by al-Jamāca which has accused him of working for the security authorities.