Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
There is nothing wrong, from a sharī‘a perspective, with football provided that players are not distracted from prayers on due time, students from studying or workers from seeking income to support their families, said Dr. Yousuf al-Qaradāwī, a celebrated Muslim cleric, in an interview.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Women have climbed the top of the political ladder in the Muslim world and occupied the posts of prime minister and judges, but so far the post of Muftī seems to be unattainable.
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
In the morning of March 3, 2005, representatives of six so-called civil society organizations led by “Ibn Sahioun” [Zion], known as Ibn Khaldoun Center’s Sacd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm flocked the premises of the US embassy in Cairo, waiting for a permission to meet with the U.S. high commissioner in Egypt...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
No doubt Dr. Sa‘d al – Dīn Ibrāhīm – Director of Ibn Khaldoun Center – is the guardian of the Egyptian foreign funding gate and the main sponsor of too many ill- reputed research centers. His experience with the year 2000 parliamentary elections can be the proof.
Date of source: Friday, March 4, 2005
The United States continued its interference in Egyptian affairs as US Ambassador in Cairo David Welch called for urgent financial reforms as a key step towards overall reform.
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Political, intellectual and religious freedoms fall within the very territory of the National Council for Human Rights, and that is why there should be calls for more powers for this council.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
I am not at ease about the “stalwart support” of the People’s Assembly and Shura Council for the historical decision of President Husnī Mubārak to have direct presidential elections instead of those referendums that made Egypt a paradigm of the 99,999% syndrome during Nasser’s time!
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Arab West Report (AWR) makes a solid contribution to deeper understanding of inter-confessional dynamics in Egypt and elsewhere by seeking to give context to day-to-day discourses and events that often appear senseless or even capricious to the uninformed observer.
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
Curricula, social laws, economic and political legislations are derived from the remarkable prestigious status of religion in Arab countries. Moreover, it is the dominant theme in the public’s mind and the main purpose for communities where ignorance, poverty, fallacies, and backwardness prevail....
Date of source: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
All problems that Copts face pertain to the sovereignty over personal status laws. Are personal status laws within the jurisdiction of the State or the Church? The Church deems that it has the absolute right to manage the lives of its followers and the State believes that the Law should take...