Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
Britain finished preparing a new Anti-Terrorism Law. Although the law was not approved by the House of Commons, it was enforced when security at Heathrow Airport took three fundamentalists into custody. The new law aims to stop the raising of funds and supporting of extremist groups, based in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
The author is of the opinion that Egyptians have to work hard to strengthen ties between Muslims and Christians so that they can avoid problems with the American Religious Freedom Law. He believes that they have to be very cautious as this law might be used to push Egypt into making some decisions...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
General background information about the visit of three members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the occupied territories provided by the US Embassy in Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2001
The US State Department of Foreign Affairs issued its 25th report on human rights. It criticized the harsh restrictions imposed on freedom of expression and the press. It mentioned that the Christian minority suffers from discrimination, especially when matters are related to the building and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001
[Zaklama is also a member of the RNSAW board of Advisors] Hani Labib’s "Religious Protection Crisis" is considered an important document because of its analysis of many situations. The analysis was objective yet very Egyptian, which indeed makes it a reference for everyone interested in human...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Hani Labib’s book "Religious Protection Crisis" is different from other books written in the same respect in three respects. First, its solid scientific language, which in contrast to other demagogic writings is on both sides of the argument. Second, it tries to establish common ground between...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2001
The author thanked President Mubarak for his decision concerning the services building of the Church of Soubra Al-Kheima. He said that Mubarak did not hesitate to grant approval for any application filed with him in this respect. The real problem lies in the long, tedious and humiliating journey...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
Al-Hayat received a statement signed by the Islamic Quds Committee. The statement attacked the Brotherhood group and the way in which it dealt with the lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, in the Bar’s elections. An official in the Quds Committee, denied that the committee had issued this statement....
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
The religious television show "Nour Ala Nour" [part of a verse from the Qur’an. Lit: light on light], presented many religious figures, such as, Mahmoud Shaltout and Mohammed Mitwalli Al-Sha’arawi, who was discovered by Ahmed Farrag, the show’s host. Farrag discovered another scholar, namely Prof....
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2001
The secretary and preacher of the Muslim Brotherhood was one of the people who called for reconsideration of the priorities of Islamist activity. He said that the Brotherhood’s strategic goal is founding an Islamic state to be classified outside secularism and that the priorities of the Brotherhood...