Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
Endowments Minister Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq held a press conference yesterday to announce the Supreme Council for Islamic Affair’s summit on the situation in Jerusalem that is to be held next February. During the conference, Zaqzūq renewed his call for Muslims to visit Jerusalem with an Israeli visa,...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
In a statement issued yesterday, the National Assembly for Change accused the government of setting up fitnah tā’ifiyyah to hide election fraud, which is the only way to maintain its reign. The statement also said that it is possible that Israel, who is involved in the recent issue of Egypt’s...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Dr. ‘Abd Allāh al-Ash‘al is a controversial figure who stepped down from his former position as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2003. In an interview with al-Dustūr, al-Ash‘al talks about several issues, such as Israel’s former president’s claims about his country’s plans to infiltrate...
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2010
Lam‘ī says that Hizb Allāh leader Hasan Nasr Allāh is both a curse and a blessing for Lebanon because he represents both the resistance against Israel, as well as a defect in the Lebanese government by his group’s mere existence. He talks about the allegations of Hizb Allāh being involved in Rafīq...
Date of source: Saturday, October 30, 2010
Egyptian blogger Dalyā Ziyādah says she won the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Prize for writing an article in English criticizing the large number of women wearing niqāb and blaming it on the Azhar. The article says that the Anna Lindh foundation is considered suspicious for its relations with Zionism and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article details the Supreme Administrative Court’s final ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women, and their children, of Egyptian citizenship.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
El-Awa denied the allegations attributed to him in the media against the church. He says anyone attacking him for comments made in the interview with Al-Jazeera has not seen the original interview and that he chose his words carefully while talking about the Church. He added that Israel is behind...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2010
Joseph Botros Athnasious Botros Al-Gabalawy is being held in custody with charges of smuggling weapons in from Israel to be hidden in churches. Investigations concluded last August 11th, however, showed that the shipment did not contain weapons, but fireworks that came in from China and not Israel...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2010
Selim said that relations between Copts and Muslims have been declining since 2003 and the Wafā’ Constantine issue (who he claims is a Muslim despite whatever Bishop Bīshūy says). He said that the only logical reason for Copts to store weapons, which he claims are shipped in from Israel, is to use...
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.