Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former member of the Brotherhood and secretary general of the frozen Labor Party, announced the establishment of a new party under the name Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [Reform, Justice and Development, and said would go through the paper work for his party soon...
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
It would be difficult for any serious pundit to read al-Sa‘dāwī’s books outside her stature as a socio-political activist that played a vital role in breathing a fresh life into the stagnant issues of Arab women.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
Al-Sa‘dāwī’s book banned by the Azhar
Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī does not separate between the words uttered by the characters in her new book al-Riwāya [The Novel] and the statements she gives to the press about demands for justice, in her own viewpoint, for women that the book seems like a social platform...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2005
The procedures taken to keep whoever converts to Islam inside the monasteries will have serious repercussions leading to the spread of secret Islam inside the Church. Certainly there will be secret contacts between the new converts and this will in turn create intra anti-Church groups and networks.
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
Copt lodges complaint against Pope Shenouda
The personal status prosecution is considering a complaint lodged by a Christian woman against the Coptic Orthodox Church and its Representative Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, over a canon law pertaining to marriage. This law...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
The situation became very complicated for Christians who are either seeking divorce or are getting married again after they have secured a court ruling for obtaining a divorce. Now there are about 160,000 cases attempting to deal with this complicated issue.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
Although the Islamic sharī‘a [code] gives equal rights and duties to men and women, the criminal law violates the principle of equality when it comes to punishing the crime of adultery.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The Palestinians’ complaints about the Israeli transgressions are all considered anti-Semitic acts. In fact, the United States’ attitude to blur the distinction between the actions taken by the Israeli government and those of the Palestinians was not the first of its kind.
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
Minister of State for the Shoura Council Affairs, Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, said that the U.S. new anti-Semitism law might become a security, political, and cultural weapon facing both Arabs and Muslims. He added that the United States, through this law, is actually trying to impose sanctions on any...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
We will not settle for the Fayyoum girls, expatriate Copts war
A website of the so-called American Middle Eastern Christian Association (AMCA) has cast doubts over Islam and Muslims as well as the Qur’ān. It brings good tidings to its followers and relates the success of their endeavors to bring...