Date of source: Sunday, March 21, 2004
The Supreme State Security Court in Cairo is due to hear the case of the Islamic Liberation Party [Hizb al-Tahrir] on the 25th of this month. Three British citizens are among the suspects in this case. The Liberation Party resumed its activities after the end of fundamentalist activities due to two...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
The Engineers’ Syndicate has been under judicial supervision for ten years now.
Six hundred engineers, of whom 80 percent are affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood and their representatives, went to the syndicate [to hold their conference] only to find that its doors were closed. Their attempts to...
Date of source: Friday, March 19, 2004
In an interview with his Eminence Dr. Muhammad Al-Mokhtar Muhammad Al-Mahdy, Director General of Shariya [Shari’a-based] NGOs, and professor in Al-Azhar University, talked about many issues of concern to Muslims. Among these issue are the crisis of the Islamic world, the concept of jihad , the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
The Administrative Court scheduled May 4 to start looking into a complaint raised by lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh, requesting stripping the sheikh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, of his membership in the Islamic Research Institute, as a step towards suspending him. Al-Wahsh mentioned his...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Muhammad Hassan, a Muslim preacher, said in one of his audio tapes that singing is like adultery. He works on trying to recruit the largest number of youths to join Gama’at Ansar Al Sunna Al Muhamadiya [The Champions of Mohammedan Sunna]. He transforms them into followers who obey him and follow...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
The article consists of two parts, the first part is a response Al-Usbua received from Dr. Gebril concerning what was published last issue under the title “Serious statements by the Ibn Khaldoun Center.” The second part is Al-Usbua’s opinion on the statements of Gebril.
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
Recently, rumors have circulated that Christian girls are being raped and forced to announce that they are Muslims, and that they have been tricked in the supermarket stores of Awlad Ragab, the Al-Tawheed Wal-Nour shops, and the fast food chain Mo’men. Anyone with any sense should simply realize...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
Bishop Musa responded to rumors that girls are being raped in stores. These girls first are fooled into signing papers with the prices of the stuff they bought, but among these papers is a paper that declares they are Muslim. Bishop Musa believes this is an intentional rumor that reason does not...
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 2004
The US Copts Association published a press release on March 25, 2004 with the title “Coptic Pope Denounces Forced Conversion of Coptic Girls.” It is obvious that the the US Copts Association has not made much of an effort, if any, to check the rumors. Instead the have blown this out of proportions.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
The movie “The Passion of the Christ,” is hard to watch more than once due to the excess of violence and bloody scenes contained in it.
The two-hour film, directed and produced by Mel Gibson, focuses on the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus Christ.
Regarding the media coverage of the film, we...