Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Tuesday, January 1, 2002
The article gives the opinion of Nabil Luka Bebawy concerning the problems facing Copts in Egypt and how to solve them. Bebawy believes that among the problems facing Copts in Egypt are the Hamayouni Law for building churches, the appointment of Copts in senior positions, the fact that the Egyptian...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
The Administrative Court annulled the decision of the Azhar University to differentiate between male and female students concerning the admission to top faculties. The court also annulled the decision to accept male students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy with lesser grades...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Friday, January 4, 2002
Terrorism spread by fictitious thoughts. Bookshops and streets are full of books speaking about the torment in the grave. Extremists create imaginary stories to terrorize people and direct their attention away from work and production. Instead of concentrating on work, people keep thinking about...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
The Egyptian Cassation court postponed until January 16, 2002, the hearing of the appeal lodged by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The American Embassy in Cairo issued a statement in which it expressed its concerns concerning the postponement of the examination of the appeal. Ibrahim’s lawyer criticized...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The former secretary of the State Security Investigation Department stated that all terrorist groups are various faces of the same coin, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Ayman Al-Zawahri accused the Muslim Brotherhood of avoiding jihad and negativity in his book "Fersan taht rayet el-nabiy" [Knights under the Flag of the Prophet]. The article gives the comments of the leaders and prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood on that accusation.
Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2001 to Friday, December 28, 2001
In his biography Al-Zawahri says that he warned the Egyptians to avoid being around government places where it would be dangerous. If any Muslim is hurt during such attack compensation has to be paid. Sheikh Mansour Al-Refai Ebeid said that if a Muslim kills someone on purpose, no matter of what...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Montasser Al-Zayat mentioned that Ayman Al-Zawahri and Usama bin Laden would commit suicide, if they felt that they would be arrested. He stresses that they have the shari’a-related sources that justify committing suicide in the case of fear of being captured and facing pressures to divulge...
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2001
The author believes that the Bin Laden videotape is a naïve story and that any TV or movie director can fabricate a thousand tapes like it. He expressed his hope that this videotape will not be the reason to stop searching for the real criminals, who have the greatest interest in causing the clash...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
The globalization of ignorance means that a shameful simplification is adopted when speaking about the phenomenon of terrorism. Such simplification is accepted at the expense of a true understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism and also at the expense of the security of the whole world. The...