Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 2004
We should diagnose the issue of terrorism through deep analysis. We need to know the conditions that result in terrorism, which will differ from one country to another. We should stop attributing the problem to the religious discourse alone, but we should widen our circle of investigation and look...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
The book of “Al-Ekhwan Al-Muslimun ela Ayn?” [The Muslim Brotherhood…to Where?] by Dr. Saad Eddin Saleh, dean of the faculty of Usul el-Din [fundamentals of religion] in Zaqaziq is obviously objective in defining the points of weaknesses in the performance of the Brotherhood. In this book Dr, Saad...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2004
In total secrecy, the Ministry of Interior released 100 prisoners and detainees from the Gama’a Islamiya, who have completed their prison sentences and detention periods. The Ministry made the released members sign a written promise that they will rejoin the trend within the group that believes in...
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Rumors changed the car accident, in which Father Mikhael and two members of his church died, into murder.
Coptic human rights lawyer Maurice Sadeq makes false and inflammatory statements that create bitter feelings and tensions between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
Essam Al-Erian is not a prominent leader of the Brotherhood. He distributed his loyalty between the group’s old guards and its reformists led by the disciples of Omar Al-Telmesany [former supreme guide of the Brotherhood]. The two parties like Al-Erian but they do not trust him because they both...
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 2004
The initiative of the Brotherhood reveals a deficiency in the way the Brotherhood understands democracy. There is a more obvious deficiency in the way it understands scientific knowledge which we should seek its means under the fundamentals of this true religion [according to the Brotherhood’s...
Date of source: Monday, May 17, 2004
MP Tala’at Al-Sadat submitted a request for information regarding the showing of “The Passion of the Christ” in Egyptian theaters. Al-Sadat considered the showing of the film in Egypt, with its portrayal of Jesus Christ, a prologue to the portrayal of prophet Muhammad. This, according to Al-Sadat,...
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 2004
The Higher State Security investigations of members of the new cell of the banned Muslim Brotherhood revealed that a number of the leaders in the group made use of some NGOs to collect donations of LE3 million. The money will be used to support their candidates in the coming People’s Assembly...
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawi, the famous Egyptian controversial writer, declared her intention to run for the next presidential election in October, to be the first ever female candidate.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
I profoundly disagree with the recommendation issued by the inspection committee of the Azhar Al-Sharif [Noble Azhar] to ban a book on Islam by George Bush named “The Life of Mohammed: Founder of the religion of Islam and of the empire of the Saracens.”