Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2010
In 2011, Egypt will receive $5 million less from America for the promotion of democracy than it did the previous year. CIDT's Jayson Casper examines America's motivation for its continued involvement in Egypt, for the better and the worse.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Heated international political controversies and events continue to associate Islam with violence and intolerance.
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
This article outlines the importance of the coming year in the political climate of Egypt. All houses of Parliament and presidential elections will take place, and it should be an important part in the lives of all Egyptians. The author also compares voter turn out in Egypt to many other countries...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
With the tensions that have escalated between the West and the Islamic world since the September 11th attacks, foreign governments have advocated for a reform of religious education in Muslim-majority countries.
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Jayson Casper reflects on his experience watching the football world cup in an Egyptian cafe.
Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Jeff Jacoby sets the persecution of the Copts in Egypt in a context of wider persecution against Christians all over the world, including in Iraq, China, Somalia and others.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2009
Publisher: Uitgeverij Meinema, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands (2009) Translator: Sandra Heijden Editor: Alexander Wamboldt The preface to Eildert Mulder and Thomas Milo’s 2009 book ’The Contested Sources of Islam’, where the authors introduce the four German revisionist historians whose theories...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Yesterday, March 10, 2010, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar died of a heart attack while visiting Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Muhammad Tantawi led the inimitable institution, considered by many if not most Sunni Muslims to be the leading Islamic university in the world, since his appointment by President...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Sāmih ‘Āshūr, former head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate and vice-president of the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party and the lawyer for the victims of Naj‘ Hammādī, who talks about sectarian fitnah.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Dr. Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh, head of al-Ahrām History Center, concerning the reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.