Date of source: Thursday, December 28, 2006
An analysis of the impact of sectarian sedition on Arab policies.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A former intern with the Center for Arab West Understanding, Mia Ulvgraven, provides a personal account of her time in Egypt, and how, as a Westerner, her views have been altered and corrected with living and working in the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
There is no median between a religious state and a civil state. Many observers consider the proposed constitutional amendments to be encouraging political Islamic groups. While Muslim groups deny any contradiction between article two of the Egyptian Constitution and the principles of citizenship,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007
Muhammad Tuhāmī stresses the necessity of separating religion and politics.
Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2007
After having discussed his local expectations from the newly reformed National Council for Human Rights [http://www.nchr.org.eg/En/home.asp], Hānī Labīb explains his expectations on the international level.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Since police arrested members and key figures of the Muslim Brotherhood over holding a military rally at the Azhar University, the group has been suffering from a massive security campaign from and a threat of the constitutional changes.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Muslims and Christians are brothers in citizenship. He calls on Copts to wake up and discard passiveness to lead an active and instructive role for the good of Egypt together with their Muslim brothers.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author rejects the second article of the Egyptian constitution that says, “Islam is the religion of the state and the Islamic Sharī‘ah is the main source of legislation.” He believes that it prepares the way for an Islamic state in Egypt. He therefore points out the dangers of the religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Dr. ‘Abd al-Majīd identifies the civil state and the democratic state and calls for a national unanimity on the basic principles that the state is established on.
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
Islam is a religion and a state and the two cannot and should not be separated. Separating religion from the political and social system is, in Yāsīn’s opinion, equivalent to rejecting Islām and Islamic doctrine. The Islamic political system is based on religion.