Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
Under the pretext of commemorating the twelfth anniversary of Farag Foda’s assassination at the hands of members of Islamic groups, members of the Egyptian Association for Enlightenment, headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, launched a fierce attack on the July Revolution and attacked religion [Islam] and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
The article is an
interview with Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, former dean of the faculty of Usul Al-Deen [fundamentals
of religion] of the Azhar University and member of Islamic Research Institute. The interview
focuses on the report titled “Renewal of religious discourse” released by the Religious...
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
The article presents the opinion of two Islamic scholars and
preachers, Dr. Abdel Hakam Al-Sa’idi and Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen, concerning the idea of the
Islamic religious discourse. They explain that any deficiency the Islamic religious discourse
suffers from is because of religious scholars...
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
Al-Wafd
reviews the main points of the all-inclusive revisions presented by theGama’a Al-Islamiya and its
eight historical leaders. Before examining to what extent these revisions have contributed to the
support of democratic development, Al-Wafd is providing an objective presentation of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The
article is an interview with Dr. Reverend Ekram Lama’i, pastor of an Evangelical Church in
Shubra, and a professor at the Evangelical Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Lama’i, who is also the
author of many important books about religion, the religious discourse and Zionist penetration of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The author
explains that Islam in Egypt is highly esteemed by both the followers of Muhammad and the
followers of other religions all around the world. This estimation is due to the fact that Islam
in Egypt is characterized by purity and tolerance within different Islamic schools. Al-Azhar...
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2004
The article is an interview with
the Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq. Dr. Zaqzouq spoke about the new
Muslim preachers, the claim that his ministry force preachers to use certain written sermons and
other issu
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2004
The article criticizes the Italian cardinal Roberto Tucci who accused Islam of ignoring the rights of non-Muslims and of persecuting the Christians. The article also criticizes the call of poet Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi for stressing the pharaonic origin of Egyptians, and abandoning Arabism. [He...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The article explains that Western Jewish media managed to tarnish the image of Islam
and Muslims. Muslims are presented in Western media as terrorists by nature and creed and Islam
is described Islam as the West’s new enemy. The author raises the question: How can we correct
the image of Islam...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 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.