Date of source:
The article is an interview with Dr. Nadia
Mustafa, professor of International Relations, head of the Center for Political Research and head
of the Program for Dialogue between Civilizations at Cairo University. Dr. Mustafa admits our
society’s need for renewing the religious discourse and she...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The
author discusses the issue of the renewal of [Islamic] religious discourse through the opinions
of Muslim scholars and thinkers on the issue.
The author presents the views of the Grand
Imam of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyed, Dr. Kamal Abu Al-Magd, Abdel Sabour Marzouq, deputy head of
the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The battle of the Bar Association elections has started early. The elections are supposed to take place next year, but it seems that the first steps are already being taken. The tension between the Brotherhood and the Nasserites in the association’s board is deep-seated, to the extent that both...
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
This file is about the Muslim Brotherhood. It contains a
number of articles on the Brotherhood that discuss the future awaiting them, the problems of
transforming into a party, changes within the group and other issues.
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2004
Today, a
harsh delusory media campaign would be mounted against France due to the law banning the donning
of explicit religious symbols. We might as well take France’s ’lead and put our house in order
by going after the countless issues we tend to shelf or place ’on hold’, leaving them...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
Last week, the TV channel Sat 7, a Christian missionary satellite channel, received tens of
angry messages from Muslim viewers concerning the missionary channel’s program, “Questions in
Faith,” that is directed at Muslims. The program discusses sensitive issues in Islamic fiqh
[jurisprudence]...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
The story of the film “The Athirst [thirsty] Kiss”
is about a second generation Pakistani Muslim who falls in love with an English Catholic girl. I
believe the film’s realistic idea and its courageousness in conveying it is much stronger than
any dialogue between civilizations.
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
In the past two
days, an investigation with the monaqaba woman whose story we published and the television
preacher went on for 15 hours.
The well-known television preacher will be asked to come
to the office of the State Prosecutor. It is expected that a confrontation will take place...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The French Cabinet finally issued the decision to
ban the veil, regardless of the feelings of religious minorities, whether they are Muslims, Jews
or Sikhs. The problem that worries France, Europe and America is the failure to integrate
resident immigrants and the multiplicity of customs and...