Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
The author argues that the Saudi Wahābīs are using their petrodollars to propagate Islam as a religion of violence and extremism, and not one of science, modern technology and innovation.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
The Arab world regards the UN’s decision to designate a holocaust remembrance day as racism.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
Mixing Islamic jihād with terrorism and fighting goes back centuries before the September 11 attacks.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
It is argued that with poor economic conditions, ignorance and religious illiteracy, the idea that Muslim clerics have divine authority has spread.
Date of source: Sunday, November 6, 2005
In an interview with al-Masā’, director of the Center for Arab-West Understanding, Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, speaks about the 25 years he has spent in Egypt and his own experience with Egyptians.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Some Egyptian NGO’s have filed a lawsuit against the Supreme Committee concerned with observing the parliamentary elections, arguing that they pose an obstacle to observing the elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Some might have expected the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) to pay gratitude to the Copts in the parliamentary elections, but in fact, only one Copt was nominated by the NDP in the Ghurbāl constituency in Alexandria.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
‘Ammār ‘Alī Hasan states that the press in Egypt is in crisis, and criticizes irresponsible unprofessional newspapers that caused sectarian problems by their treatment of the play produced by a church in Alexandria.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
The Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church should coordinate their efforts to face religious tensions in Egypt, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī said in a speech delivered to the third conference of the Episcopal Church.
Date of source: Monday, October 31, 2005
At a time when an Alexandrian church was surrounded by Muslim demonstrators, Pope Shenouda, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, were having iftār [a fast-breaking meal during the holy Muslim month of Ramadān].