Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi and the Muftī of Egypt asked Bin Laden to hand
himself over to save the Afghans from
the American war. al-Qaradawi said that Muslim and Christian
religious leaders could play an important role in
limiting the possibility of a conflict between Muslims
and Christians...
Date of source: Saturday, November 3, 2001 to Friday, November 9, 2001
In its report for this
week, Rose al-Youssef reflected on the problems the Egyptian
communities in Germany and the USA had faced since
September 11. They also looked at the procedures the
Administration for the Affairs of Egyptians Abroad has taken
to deal with any attacks against immigrant...
Date of source:
Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...
Date of source:
In an attempt to put an end to the growing
attacks against Arabs and Muslims
in America, the American Senate agreed on a new law condemning attacks
against American Arabs and Muslims. The law
states that the civil rights of all Americans, including Arab
and Muslim Americans, should be...
Date of source:
Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...
Date of source:
Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source:
The Prosecutor
General ordered the freezing of the judicial investigation of
Nawal al-Sa’adawi, concerning the
notification, lawyer Nabih al-Wahish introduced against her. After the
investigation he ordered her
acquittal because nothing in the notification indicated that she had committed an...
Date of source:
An
apostasy claim against Nawal al-
Sa’adawi -following the publishing of an interview in which she criticized Islām -
stirred up a social
debate on her opinions and raised fears for her life. al-Sa’adawi contested what she called
perfectly set
traps of the yellow papers in collusion with...
Date of source:
Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...