Date of source: Friday, March 6, 1998
The Islamist bi-weekly el-Sha’ab mentions the banning of al-Destour without, however, mentioning the extremist declaration which was published by el-Destour.
Date of source: Thursday, March 5, 1998
The article sees the closure of el-Destour after its publication of a call to murder three Coptic businessmen as a set back for the freedom of press.
Date of source: Monday, March 2, 1998
Rose el-Yousef reported on the article in el-Destour. It found the extremist declaration as not less dangerous than the murder on 58 tourists in Luxor. Both targeted Egyptian economy. Extremists started targeting economy by imposing the payment of ’protection money’ on Copts in Upper Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Destour published a text of extremists calling for the death of three Coptic businessmen which led to the subsequent closure of the newspaper and a discussion in the Egyptian press on the (limits of the) freedom of the press. In this week’s translation only the text of the statement of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 5, 1998
Two extremists groups gave out a statement saying they operate now as a unity targeting Americans and Israelis. An Egyptian terrorist expert, however, dismissed the claim as an attempt of the various militant groups to appear united.
Date of source: Friday, March 6, 1998
The article discusses whether or not working with tourists is forbidden in Islam. Some radical sheiks advocate that Muslims do not work in the tourism industry while mainstream Islam rejects such opinions.
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2002
Announcement of the upcoming workshops RNSAW organised in cooperation with the Al-Ahram Regional Institute for Journalism and Dr. Michael Fowler.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 4, 1998
The author Rifa’at Sa’id argues that Islam in his view is humanistic and is not the way Islamists present it. The Prophet Mohammed presented a flexible, logical and human method in dealing with people who have different beliefs or opinions. There are no people with infallible interpretations of the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 21, 2009
Decree no. 5755/2009 is issued, stipulating that the name of the village of Deir Abu-Hinnis will remain unchanged.