Date of source: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The author opposes a draft bill prohibiting holding meetings and demonstrations in mosques because he believes that the mosque is a place for prayer and for discussing the nation’s issues.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The author interviews the mother of a disappeared Christian girl, Sārah. The mother narrates the story and tells the author why her father escaped to the U.K. in 1996.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
Dr. Hamdī Zaqzuq, Minister of Endowments [Awqāf] has warned that any preacher discovered participating in demonstrations will be punished. During his meeting with the Islamic World Youth he said that the job of preachers is to provide lessons and teachings, not to participate in demonstrations and...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
Many Muslim scholars explained that, according to the Shari´a, it is not right to use mosques for demonstrations. Mosques are places for worship and preaching, holy places that should not be a place for shouting and gathering. Expressing anger and dissatisfaction could be done through collecting...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
In preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Minister of the Awqāf, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq announced that mosques would not be a stage for electoral campaigns.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
The involvement of mosques in politics is not only a mistake but a sin as well, because the congregational Muslim prayer unites all Muslims but political ideas disunite as each one has his own vision.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Demonstrations that start from mosques with copies of the Qur’ān held high just make us recall the past when the supporters of Mu‘āwiya Ibn Abī Sufiān, the founder of the Umayyad Dynasty that ruled an Islamic empire for nearly 100 years, hoisted copies of the Qur’ān high on spears to urge their...
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2001 to Friday, July 27, 2001
The bishop for youth stressed that the attitude of the police towards those who went onto the streets and tried to cause damage or confront the security was the same in the cases of the Coptic Youths’ demonstration against Al-Nabaa and the Azhar students’ demonstration against the "Banquet for...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2000
In this article, the writer asks the president of the Azhar University many questions concerning the demonstration of the Azhar students against Haider’s novel and the criticism directed to him.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2000
Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashem has shown his regret for his attack on the press in a press conference held yesterday. He said, we can’t ignore it’s value and it’s role in discovering the realities.