Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Mubārak’s constitutional amendments have revealed the separation between the executive power, the legislative and the judicial authorities, which are meant to be the bedrock of the modern Egyptian state, and the real interest groups.
Date of source: Friday, February 16, 2007
Samiḥ Fawzī discusses the idea of establishing a Christian university similar to that of the Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
Egyptian security forces recently launched a massive drive against leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, since group-related students gave a military style rally in the Azhar University a few months ago [AWR, week 51, 2006, article 26]. Members of the group say that the crackdown aims at removing the...
Date of source: Friday, February 16, 2007
Subḥī Mijāhid reports on the Azhar University’s reaction toward the recent study that accuses Rose al-Yūsuf of Takfīr.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
There is no median between a religious state and a civil state. Many observers consider the proposed constitutional amendments to be encouraging political Islamic groups. While Muslim groups deny any contradiction between article two of the Egyptian Constitution and the principles of citizenship,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2007
The author begins by highlighting the number of Muslim Brothers elected in the 2005 parliamentary elections. He goes on to discuss his meeting with members of the Brotherhood, and their real goals for Egypt as stated in 2005, and looks back to consider how much of what was expected was actually...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Despite the acquittal of Khayrat al-Shāṭir, the second deputy of the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, along with 39 prominent members of the group by a Cairo criminal court ruling, President Muhammad Ḥusnī Mubārak, acting in his capacity as the supreme commander of the armed forces, referred the...
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2007
‘Abduh al-Duqayshī reports the opinions of different scholars concerning the Fatwás broadcasted on TV satellite channels.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
As President Mubārak called for the Constitutional amendments, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood group attacked them as they mainly aim at preventing political Islamic groups come to power. On the other hand, the media have praised the amendments, showing the dangers of the Brotherhood to both...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The author talks about al- Qaraḍāwī’s opinion that surprises all Muslims. According to him, the story of the web of the spider and the nest of the two doves in Ḥirā’ Cave is not true as it is not mentioned in the Qur’ān or Sunnah.