Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
While the government clamps down on the Muslim Brotherhood to allegedly prevent them from winning seats in the Shūrá Council elections, the outlawed group witnesses internal disputes.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007 to Friday, March 9, 2007
Bishop Athanasius Benyamin gives a brief historical background about the relationship between Pope Shenouda and George Ḥabīb Bibāwī.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
The Egyptian government freezes the assets of 29 leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The tireless Brotherhood nevertheless plots to infiltrate the Shūrá Council to submit a candidate to run for president.
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The visit of Shaykh Qaradawi to the UK trigged angry British media responses. The Shaykh was described as an extremist, a radical and a hard-liner. Shaykh Qaradawi’s support of martyrdom operations carried out by Palestinians and his calls for punishing homosexuals were highlighted as evidence of...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The issue of banning the Ḥijāb as well as other religious symbols at French schools and public institutions are still occupying the Arabic press. The article gives a list of the articles published on this subject.
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Scotland Yard raided the mosque where Egyptian fundamentalist Abū Hamza al-Masri preaches, after
receiving information from the French intelligence service about it. British officials stressed that such measures are
not against Islām. al-Masri led the Friday prayers in the street for two...
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Asharq Al-Awsat and Al-Qahera gave a summary of a new book by the Gama’a Al-Islamiya about the Qai?da network. Al-Musawwar and Al-Ahram Al-Arabi interviewed two of the leaders of the group to comment on its ideological reconsiderations.
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The article gives different views on Sheikh Amr Khaled and his way of preaching. It also shows the criticism leveled at Christian journalist Mofied Fawzy because of his comments on Khaled and the issue of the veil, and how Fawzy responds to this criticism.
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Supporters of Sheikh Amr Khaled praise his preaching and his efforts to teach youths their religion. His opponents believe he has shallow religious knowledge and thus is not qualified to preach. Al-Arabi attacks a Coptic journalist because he expressed his opinion on Khaled and the issue of the...
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Egyptian TV series ?Knight without a Horse,? is still raising an issue. Egypt and other Arab countries have
aired the series despite Israeli objection and American pressure. The American and Israeli embassies in Egypt decided
to watch the series to judge whether it contains anything that can be...