Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
American researcher Cheryl Benard has recently published a report on the current condition of Islam with the Rand Corporation, which is considered the strategic mind of America. The researcher said with surprising forthrightness that “The West should interfere – using a well-set plan - in...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
During my summer vacation, I spent some time reading a book titled “Al-Islam wa Al-Dimocratiya fi Ma’raket Al-Binaa Al-Hadari” [Islam and Democracy in the battle of Building Civilization” by the Iraqi author Muhammad Abdel Gabbar. Abdel Gabbar says that Islamic civilization started when Islam...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
There is an American study aimed at penetrating our educational institutions and attracting university professors, academics and researchers [to adopt pro-American approaches]. This study offers a practical plan to penetrate our educational institutions and the infrastructure through which this...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Saad Eddin Ibrahim who advocates freedom and democracy hurries to file complaints at the General Prosecutor’s office against those who have a different opinion than his. Ibrahim filed a complaint at the General Prosecutor’s office against articles I wrote discussing his ideas and expressing...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2004
In his program “Al-Deen wa Al-Hayat” [Religion and Life], Al-Qaradawi declared his deep faith in democracy and advocated the right of the Brotherhood to establish a legitimate party to run for elections.
“The democracy I call for is the democracy of a Muslim society, which has its own fundamentals...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies and its chairman Dr. Saad Eddin demands the immediate participation of Islamic groups in the process of democratization. Accepting Islamic groups’ involvement in democratic activity without their commitment to democratic rights, such as the right of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
The current winds of change in the Middle East is a welcome whiff of fresh air in the region, but the hasty promotion of democracy, could plunge the region deeper into the “dark side”, bringing the Moslem Brotherhood to power in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and elsewhere. While some in Washington are...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
"Seems like Egypt wishes to try the Brotherhood rule", said the Nobel laureate Najīb Mahfouz, in reply to a question about how he sees Egypt in the upcoming days. This reply was meant to raise the alarm about the consequences of delaying the democratic reform.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
There are about 15 parties in Egypt but the man in the street does not have the feeling that they actually exist on the political chessboard, and even if he did, he would never trust them.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Peoples in Egypt look forward to change, having better standards of living and searching for a favorable political future and more effective participation, and that is why the political system is supposed to have absorbed this legitimate wish on the part of the masses.