Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2007
The article is based on a response made by the author, Muntasir al-Zayyāt, to an article authored by the liberal intellectual Tarek Heggy entitled, ‘Law Kuntu Qibtīya’ [If I Were a Copt]. Heggy believes that the state unjustly spends tax money, partially paid by Copts, and allocates it for building...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
Al-Zayyāt, the author, talks about the philosophies of Islamic movements who have adopted violent approaches when dealing with the authorities.
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2007
Muntaṣir al-Zayyāt, the author, talks about reasons and targets of violence-based Islamic movements in the Islamic world.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The
author
of the article, the lawyer for the Muslim Brotherhood, justifies the outlawed group’s resort to violence.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
This
article suggests that clinging to Islām is the solution to all our problems and that the U.S. and Israel are
fighting Islamic movements under the cloak of their war on terrorism.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The author
expresses his view about the media during Ramadān. He says that television must concern itself
more
with religious and moral programs and series that present Islamic history, rather than trivial series
and shows
which keep the audience away from moral and spiritual values.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
Muntasir al-Ziyāt discusses the events and political context preceding the
assassination of
al-Sadāt and describes the motives of the perpetrator, Khālid Ahmad Shawqī
al-
‘Islāmboulī.
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2006
Muntasir al-Zayyāt, head of the Freedoms Committee at the Bar
Association,
analyzes the latest video tape sent by Ayman al-Zawāhirī where he encourages the Islamic
resistance
in Lebanon. He also touches on the latest developments in the Middle East.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
In this article the author quotes Muftī
‘Alī
Jum‘a and his views that Egypt is a liberal state, not a religious one.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
The
author criticizes the Minister of Endowment’s decisions
to nationalize the call to prayer, optional prayers during
Ramadān and religious discourse.