Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Political, educational, and religious reform and the religious media are affecting each other for the media cannot be reformed without democratic freedom and political reform in turn cannot be promoted without first having a sound media.
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2007
The author considers reform in Islam, outlining the inhibiting stance that many Western countries adopt regarding reform in the Islamic world. The era of ‘political correctness’ has led many to blindly ignore violations of human rights in the hope of maintaining a level of correctness while not...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The increasing ‘Ch’ phenomenon spreading throughout universities is worrying a number of Coptic clergymen, who believe that inter-mingling is the solution to furthering Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The author comments on Pope Benedicts XVI’s controversial statement while making extreme statements about the nature of Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
A Shaykh who enjoys considerable public support declares that a woman is a dwarf that must be under the authority of a man, and thanks God for blind men having been saved from the fatal sedition of women.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
The writer talks about the political role of Islamic groups in
the Arab Muslim world in an attempt
to answer the question: Is Arab democracy possible without Islamists?
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Muhammad Hishām ‘Ubyh writes about two official religious associations in Egypt
that are not
concerned with political issues: al-Jam‘yah al-Shar‘yah and
Jamā‘at
Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhamadyah.
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source:
Many writers tackled the issue of Islām
and terrorism in this week’s papers.
Mustafa Mahmoud commented on the West’s attitude towards the ritual Islām
and the political Islām. The
Christian writer Fikry Makram Ebeid gave a list of most of the non-Muslim terrorist
groups and concluded
that...