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The Washington conference of Coptic activists called for a power-sharing deal, between Muslims and Christians, along the model of Sudan. They have also demanded that Egypt become a secular state.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
Sudanese Umma Party president and ex-Prime Minister, al-Sādiq al-Mahdī elaborate on the reasons behind religious tensions in Sudan.
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The press report that the Muslim Brotherhood have spent 28 million LE on election propaganda, and that their slogan, ’Islam is the solution’, is simply used to avoid providing detailed solutions to Egypt’s problems.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
The author poses a number of conspiracy theories, raising suspicions about the role of the West in recent events in the Arab world, such as the assassination of Rafīq al-Harirī and the sectarian disturbances in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A press release from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo concerning rumors around the demonstrations in central Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
One of the protesters, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Mon‘im, 30, said he was forced to leave his country and leave everything he possessed to come to Egypt with his family after the war crushed their nation and security risks reached their peak.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A discussion about Tariq Ramadān, his roots and ideology.
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Ahmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī argues that the application of the hudoud [Islamic penal code] must be proceeded by social reform, and that its application has only led to great suffering.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005 to Friday, October 28, 2005
Khomeini’s Iran, the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Nimeiri’s Sudan and several other countries have claimed to be ruled according to Islam. Yet such ’Islamic’ rule merely led to backwardness and oppression. The elite in Egypt are terrified by the idea that a theocracy Egypt would bring a whirlpool of...
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
The tactics of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood have become rather predictable: showing off their power in the street to attract parties of all political spectrums. But allying with the communists?