Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl discusses the forced disappearance of Coptic girls. The claims around this phenomenon are not new, however it is being announced more frequently. Khalīl discusses the reasons why Coptic families are more often daring to announce the disappearance of their girls, and the reasons behind...
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
According to Mustafá Rajab,
Jamā‘ah Islamīyah has
tried to change its radical position to more a social and democratic
one. It has issued books and statements
portraying its new philosophy, which is considered to be repentant for
everything it has done in terms of
violence against the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
A recent statement by the Supreme Guide of the
Muslim
Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, in which he said that the Brotherhood was ready
to
send 10,000 troops to Lebanon, has raised the fears of the Egyptian government about the group’s military
expertise and capabilities.
Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
An interview with Mustafa al- Zayyāt, member of al-Jam‘āt al- Islāmīya and the main attorney defending those accused of Islamic fundamentalism, concerning Ayman al-Zawāhirī whom he knew very well from the days they spent together in al-Qal‘a Prison.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The author criticizes Professor Zaghloul al-Najār’s continued attacks on Copts,
underlining that his statements underestimate Christianity and threaten to fracture national unity in
Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Hamada Husayn reviews Dr. Nawāl al-
Sa‘dāwī statements in
an interview with al-‘Arabīya
Channel, in which she talked about the idea of
giving a child the surname of his/her mother.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A number of Muslim scholars have urged the Azhar’ s Islamic Research Academy to refute the recent controversial fatwas of the Sudanese spiritual leader, Dr. Hasan al- Turābī.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
President Mubārak is not alone in his opinion
that Iraqi Shi’ites are more
loyal to Iran than to Iran. Former Iraqi diplomats have the same
opinion.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
President Mubārak’s statements to al-
‘Arabīya satellite
channel have provoked angry reactions among Shi’ites in
Iraq. Mubārak said Iraqi Shi’
ites are more loyal to Iran than to their homeland.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
In spite of Egyptian officials’
affable statements on Shi’
ite-related issues, the Islamic Research Institute is still banning the
circulation of Shi’ite
books.