Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
This press review deals with the history of the al-
Tawhīd Wa al-Jihād organization,
which is blamed for the deadly bomb attacks on the tourist
resort of Dahab in Sinai that killed a number of
Egyptians and foreigners and wounded many others.
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
This press review investigates the three
consecutive bombings in the Sinai resort of Dahab from an analytical perspective amidst growing suspicions
of the
loyalty of the Bedouins of Sinai to their Egyptian homeland. It also includes suggestions about the
involvement of
al-Qā‘ida network.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The article
deals
with the Alexandria incidents and focuses on the issue of citizenship and the means to promote it, in
order to
avoid the recurrence of sectarian troubles.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
The press review
deals
with the incidents of Alexandria, from an analytical point of view, in an attempt to probe the reasons for
the assault on three churches by an allegedly schizophrenic young man called Mahmoud Salāh, who killed
one
person and injured scores others while shouting Fidāk Yā...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The head of
the banned Muslim Brotherhood has declined to offer an apology for
his statements in an interview published by
Rose al-Yousuf newspaper in which he said "to hell with
Egypt and its people," which drew wide-scale angry
reactions in the Egyptian press.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The review tackles the incidents of Alexandria, where a man, alleged by the Ministry
of the Interior to be a lunatic, stormed three churches one after the other, and stabbed worshippers while
chanting Muslim slogans in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Muslim Brotherhood officials said they would apologize to the Egyptian people if the statements attributed to their leader, in which he allegedly said "to hell with Egypt and its people" turned out to be authentic. Reactions to ‘Ākif’s statements, published within an interview by Rose al-Yousuf...
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
The government’s National Council for Human Rights has issued its second annual report, which criticized the emergency law, in effect for 25 years, calling on the government to stop all such exceptional laws.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) chief has said that it is no longer possible to have dialogue between the Muslim world and Europe after the Danish cartoons crisis unless certain measures are adopted.