Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
A Coptic citizen demands the
invalidity of
his under-aged daughter’s conversion to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Are women
allowed to be heads of states under Islamic sharī‘a?
The decision of well-known feminist,
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, to run for president
during the elections of 2004 was opposed
by a large number of Muslim scholars, who argue that the
physiological nature of women prevents them from...
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Two weeks ago, al-Fajr published a letter sent in by a Bahā’ī reader, who discussed in detail the principles of the Bahā’ī faith. In its issue of June 19, 2006, al-Fajr publishes two more letters sent in by Muslim readers responding to what they described as falsehoods contained in the...
Date of source: Friday, June 16, 2006
The author
tackles the recent myths and juggleries in Islamic discourse which deform the Islamic image before the
world,
urging the Azhar to deal with this serious problem.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Despite the considerable number
of fatwas
allowing bank dealings, some Muslims argue that bank interest is an adjusted form of usury
[Reviewer:
Ribā], which Islam regards as a major sin.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author deals with the issue of democracy and how Egypt was a liberal state until the
outbreak
of the 1952 revolution that brought a military regime in power, which disbanded all political
parties and
established a one-party system with no clear political agenda in mind.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The planned screening of The Da Vinci Code in Egypt has been
met with strong opposition from church leaders. Arguing that “forbidden fruit is sweet,” Hānī
Labīb believes that the ban on the movie will encourage more people to see the movie.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The Egyptian churches have agreed not to seek a ban on Dan Brown’s controversial movie but will instead launch anti-Da- Vinci-Code campaign.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author criticizes the way the state is dealing with Coptic problems, which only led to
deteriorating relationships between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, and calls for quick political and
constitutional reforms as the only way out of this serious dilemma.