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41. Constitutional amendments according to Nawal al-Sa‘dawi, Bishop Marqus and the Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
The spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church declares that the Coptic problem does not lie in article two of the Constitution, but in the manner in which this article can be applied or interpreted. Justice implies specifying Islamic Sharī‘ah as “a” main source of legislation rather than “the” main...
17. Refuting the intellectual basis of Islamic groups [1]
Date of source: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
The author rejects the slogan that political Islām movements lift which says, ‘Islam is the solution.’ He believes that Islām without mind or science will not be enough to realize the long-waited progress of Islamic societies.
16. Police pushed us away from the Shurá Council’s elections, the Muslim Brotherhood says.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
Egyptian security forces recently launched a massive drive against leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, since group-related students gave a military style rally in the Azhar University a few months ago [AWR, week 51, 2006, article 26]. Members of the group say that the crackdown aims at removing the...
15. Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jama‘ah are not only a Muslim sect but the Islamic nation itself
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
‘Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jamā‘ah’ [The Majority of Muslims] have been the majority of the Islamic nation in all times and in every place.
14. Definition of terrorism ... and the trinity of violence, terror and war of attrition
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
The author argues that the meaning of terrorism constitutes an intellectual problem for Western thinkers who have not succeeded in given it a comprehensive definition. This is contrary to Sharī‘ah which not only defined terrorism, but also differentiated between it and the other concepts and...
5. Maḥmūd Ṭāhā, the first Islamic thinker to be executed accused of apostasy
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Discussions about Maḥmūd Ṭāhā’s work 22 years after his execution.
52. Approaching the article on Islamic Shari‘ah is not acceptable
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The interview with Muṣṭafá al- Fiqī, chief of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly, is about the new amendments to the Constitution, the concept of the citizenship, and the Coptic political stance among these changes.
38. Do eastern communities suspend legal punishment and search for honor via axes and knives?
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The article discusses honor killings and the reasons behind them. It highlights organizations that are attempting to combat these crimes, and their frequency throughout the Islamic and Western worlds.
2. No text in Islam allows rulers or men of religion the right to seize novels or poetry because Islam is the religion of freedom
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.
18. We reject the intentional judgment against Rose al-Yusuf and the thesis will not be admitted without being amended
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Rajab al-Murshidī from Rose al- Yūsuf meets three members of the panel of evaluation of the Azhar Takfīr thesis who declare that there were many transgressions and errors in the thesis, and reveal that the panel will not accept the thesis unless its author makes certain revisions.

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