Date of source: Sunday, December 7, 2003
Father Matta Al-Meskeen is the most controversial monk in the Coptic Orthodox Church. Despite the fact that he has become one of the symbols of Coptic thinking all over the world, his writings are attacked by some of the leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Yet, many believe he is “God´s...
Date of source: Friday, December 5, 2003
The author wonders why not criticize the Christian or the Jewish religious discourse as Islamic religious discourse is criticized. Picking verses from the Torah, he argued that the Jewish religious discourse supports the concept of ethnic cleansing and looks down upon women. He referred to the...
Date of source: Monday, December 8, 2003
The author explains that the fight of Al-Usboa with Saad Eddin Ibrahim is not only a media fight. It is the fight of the whole Egyptian nation. It is the fight for the national security of Egypt and even the security of the whole Arab world.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
In a sarcastic tone, the author claims that he reads many articles in the Arabic press that make pretty and heavy reading but are in effect taken from the foreign press. These articles are assembled and their authors give them Islamized introductions and nationalistic conclusions. He calls this “...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
The article reports alleged American plans to penetrate Islamic societies and guide Islamic peoples into a direction in which they will abandon their customs, traditions, and values, particularly religious values. These plans aim at paving the way for America to impose its supremacy over Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
The article is an interview with Saad Eddin Ibrahim over the news that the US has allocated to his Ibn Khaldoun Center $2 million, cut from the American aid to Egypt and his recent visit to the US. He also commented on the latest speech of the American president, especially his words about...
Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
The author complains that during the month of Ramadan a couple of issues were met with complete silence from Egyptian media. Some of these issues that he comments on in his article are: the decision of the American Congress to allocate $2 million cut from American aid to Egypt to the Ibn Khaldoun...
Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
Many members of the Ibn Khaldoun Center have resigned to express their objection to the decision of the US Congress to allocate $2 million to the center, headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim. They reject Ibrahim´s support for Washington´s use of aid to pressure Egypt to apply democracy. The...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim struck back 29 November against what he termed a "campaign of hatred" conducted in the Egyptian press against himself and the Ibn Khaldoun Center, but not before members of the center´s board resigned amidst a firestorm of press criticism of Ibrahim. Art. 3 – we weren´t...
Date of source: Thursday, November 27, 2003
The new press campaign against Saadeddin Ibrahim has been as flimsy on evidence as previous allegations against the prominent democracy activist ..questioning his integrity. News coverage of a potential US decision to allocate $2 million to Ibrahim´s Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies (...