Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author questions whether the National Council for Human Rights is authorized to propose amendments to the constitution to be presented to the President and whether they are mere proposals or to be considered binding.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Father Mattá al- Miskīn is attacked by many conservative figures of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The text highlights some of the father’s liberal ideology concerning traditions of the Church.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
‘Abd al-‘Azīz Khidr writes about depicting and
criticizing
religious characters in films and TV series.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
A supplement published by the mouthpiece of the Ghad
Party, al-Ghad newspaper,
entitled "The worst 10 figure in Islamic history," has provoked strong
public reaction and led Islamic lawyer,
Mamdūh Ismā‘īl, to sue the newspaper. The
list of names included some of the
prophet’s companions and ‘...
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
A new Islamic satellite channel
launched five
months ago is said to be successful with the people, but is also criticized by scholars for promoting
extremist salafist ideas.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Rifa‘t Fikrī Sa‘īd, an Evangelical pastor, replies to
reproaches
from Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā that the Evangelical church stayed quiet in the
aftermath of
Pope Benedict XVI ‘s discourse on Islam and violence.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
Turkī
‘Alī al-Rabī‘ū
sheds light on the Egyptian contribution to the study of
Islamic movements around the world, particularly
the studies published by Al-Ahram Center for Political and
Strategic Studies (ACPSS).
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Ayman al-Hakīm traces the
incident of takfīr a Yemeni
poet after he published extremely controversial works.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Hamāda Hussayn writes about the latest song by the American pop
idol Madonna which implies contempt for
the three divine religions and particularly towards the Catholic pope.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman presented this text at the recent roundtable discussions of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, which were held on “Journalism and freedom of expression in the Mediterranean; responsibilities and limits.”