Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
A former coach of Egypt’s National Football Team once said it was beyond him to understand the nature of the character of some of Egypt’s national team players. They carefully abided by training routines, they comprehended strategies and carried them out on the green field, and they knew very well...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, the former Chairman of the Azhar's Fatwa Committee, said the unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship was lamely drafted, criticizing lack of organization in building mosques and churches.
He cited an example of the neighborhood where he lives. "I live in an...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Islamists and others with religion high on their political agendas are no better than the liberals when it comes to Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
The conservatives who control the (Muslim) Brotherhood are not the majority. They refuse to enter into dialogue with...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
An Egyptian military court sentenced two Coptic Christians to five years in jail for violence and trying to turn a factory into an unlicensed church, judicial sources said late on Sunday.
The two men, also convicted of possessing weapons, were arrested on May 18 after clashes between Christians and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood declared they will not field a candidate for the presidency, questions arise about how far they will stick to their promise, especially since MB member Abul Fotouh announced to run for President as an independent. Supporter say he is determined to run for...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Middle East Media Research Institute recently highlighted a YouTube video issued by the former Muftī of Egypt, Nasr Farīd Wāsil, on May 7, 2011. In his presentation, MEMRI quotes him as saying:
The martyr Bin Lādin, Allah's mercy upon him, waged Jihad for the sake of Allah against the Soviets...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
Dr. Hassan al-Shāf'ī, one of the prominent Islamic scholars, asserts that extremist salafists distort the image of Islam and are planning to take over mosque pulpits.
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Islamic thinker Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā said that the man who hosted 'Abīr in Imbābah incidents affirmed that 'Abīr told him she did not pray in a year, and that if she returns to her Christian husband, there will be no harm involved except that she will be with a husband that she does not love.
He...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The hardline Islamists, blamed for attacks on Coptic churches, had already been accused of stoking religious strife since the uprising that ousted the former regime which had kept them in check for decades.
Many salafī clerics proscribe rebellions against Muslim rulers and shy away from democratic...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad el-Tayīb meets on 3 May 2011 in his office in Cairo a Muslim Brotherhood delegation, media sources reported on May 2.