Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
The author talks about three invasions by salafists:
First, the invasion of the ballot boxes in the referendum over the constitutional amendments, as salafists considered the victory of 'No' is a victory for them. [Salafists believed that if the referendum results came as 'No' then they will be...
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
Arab-West Report, April 1, 2011 Title: Interview with Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī (former member of the Muslim Brotherhood and political activist) about the current situation in Egypt
Authors: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Arndt Emmerich and Judit Kuschnitzki
Introduction of Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī:
I am Ibrāhīm al-...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Muḥammad Khayrat al-Shāṭir, First Deputy Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, asserted that he was not going to run in the upcoming presidential elections but he is willing to run in those of 2015.
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
'Abūd al-Zumur, after his release from prison, announced his new "civilized" project to establish ad hoc committees on takfīr, because, according to him, takfīr should not be practiced by any person but rather should be exclusive to religious scholars.
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, a Muslim preacher, believes that Dār al-Iftā' (Ifta House) should be canceled or changing it to be a department affiliated to the Azhar.
He added that all religious institutions should be under the Azhar University.
He severely criticized the former regime and the State Security...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular.
But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality.
What is totally new is their...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In a press conference after the national unity meeting in al-Minya, Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn stated that his meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III was personal and that they did not discuss Maghāghah Bishopric crisis.
He said that the meeting has foiled plans by Metropolitan Aghathon of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has received a report he requested upon his return from the United States on the crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and how Bishop Aghabius managed it.
A source from the Holy Synod stressed that Pope Shenouda has ordered that Kāmīliyā would not appear on the media while a...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
In this article, the author highlights a voice recording published at al-Marsad al-Islāmī Limuqāwmat al-Tansīr (Islamic Observatory for the Resistance to Christianization) website http://www.tanseerel.com by a Muslim who alleged that he hosted Kamīliyā after she declared her desire to convert to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
The security apparatus rejects the allegations that it has been involved in kidnapping Kāmīliyā, a security source said.
The interior ministry source affirmed that the state security agency was not involve in the kidnapping of Kāmīliyā, the priest’s wife, who reportedly converted to Islam.
The...