Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006 to Friday, November 17, 2006
This
year’s student union elections in Egyptian universities were
marred by violence and clashes between students affiliated with
the "outlawed" Muslim Brotherhood and
security forces. Muhammad Nūr from Ākhir Sā‘ah
said that the
group’s students violated university regulations governing...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
This essay discusses the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He says that the Muslim
Brotherhood leaders lack profound vision for the problem of merging with a democratic system.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The author
discusses some news on the internet about Western pastors who converted to Islām.
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The review deals with the plans
by the Muslim Brotherhood group to dominate the trade unions through the elections as Brotherhood members threaten
to establish unions parallel with the government’s if elections were rigged, amidst statements by chief
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif that the group is...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Kifayah is experiencing internal conflict
between its leaders and youths for change.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The vegetables market established on
the sidewalk of the Press Syndicate prevented, the day before yesterday, the Minister of Education Dr. Yusrī
al-Jamal from attending a celebration held for praising the journalist’s outstanding students sons.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Egyptian police confiscate a book allegedly upon the Azhar’s request. The book criticizes "modern
shaykhs" and supports woman’s leadership in prayers.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
This article reviews the book, ‘Listening to Islam,’ an attempt to present Islam objectively through the eyes of four very different people, two Christian and two Muslim. The author asserts that the book is a very useful and thought provoking introduction to the problems of Christian/Muslim...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...