Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2003
The article covers the workshop discussing the freedom of press organized by the Supreme Council of Press.
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2005
In his new book al-Islām wa al-Dawla al-Madanīya [Islam and the civil state], Dr. cAbd al-Muctī Bayyoumī totally opposes the notion of a religious state and regards it as a big contradiction with the spirit of Islam. Moreover, he assures that the state of Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) was absolutely a...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Many intellectuals in the Arab and Islamic world are killed in the name of defending Islam. Muslims should stand firmly against such crimes because of their dangerous effects on Islam and on people’s security, freedom of belief and right of ijtihad.
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Arab Gulf countries have linked Egyptians’ work in their countries with specific hard line religious trends and sects. These Arabs have enforced on us Wahhabi thoughts and their Bedouin, tribal, customs. They have imposed on us monaqaba [veiled including a cover of the face] women, myths,...
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 2004
In his address at the opening ceremony for the Conference of Islamic Dialogue in Qatar, the Azhar sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, confirmed that religious freedom is an essential part of the Islamic shari’a, and that force and belief are two contradictory notions.
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
To the CEO and the editor of Rose Al-Youssef,
In your magazine’s issue number 3965 issued on June 5, 2004, you published an article written by Mr. Karam Gabr titled “He holds a pistol in his hand with which he could harm anything in Egypt…who protects Saad Eddin Ibrahim.”
The article contained many...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
A report released on the health condition of President Mubarak by Hani Al-Seba’i, the head of Al-Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies, also revealed the names of the organizations that are against the regime. These organizations disseminate their ideas from abroad freely. Those organizations are...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The term of “religious freedom” still triggers debate and disagreement. What about religious freedom concerning conversion from Islam and embracing another religion?
How Islamic fiqh [jurisprudence] deals with rida [apostasy from Islam]? All these question and others are answered by the moderate...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The verdict to imprison three journalists of al-Masrī al-Yawm contradicts the optimism about democratic reforms.