Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Safwat Higazi is now the sheikh favored by all members of the upper class. He goes to their houses to deliver his fatwas and he is working to become a substitute for Amr Khaled. Higazy represents no real threat to the new preacher. Now is his chance to occupy the scene in the coming days.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The family of Ayman Al-Zawahri has acknowledged the death of his wife and five children and received condolences in the family house. But the family of Al-Zawahari’s wife has not acknowledged yet the deaths of their daughter and her children.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. ’Ebada Kahilah, professor of Islamic history, says that the most brutal assassinations and suicide missions are those performed on a religious basis. In Islamic history there are different periods of assassination. Hassan Al-Sabbah was the first to form a group, in Islamic history, to use...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Many intellectuals were asked about their opinion regarding the return of Nasr Hamed Abu-Zeid to Egypt. Essam Al-Erain said that he would welcome Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu-Zeid back to Egypt because the case had been transformed from a disagreement on scientific research and points of view into a...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The remains of terrorism are still looking for any hole to penetrate again Egyptian society, they are trying now to go back to their old game of occupying the university mosques, but this time their plan was frustrated due to the caution of university administrations and students.
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 1999
Interview with Dr. Nasr Abu Zeid about his love for Egypt, his status at the Cairo University and Leiden University (The Netherlands), how it happened he was declared an apostate, how he left Egypt and his views about Islam and the West.
Date of source: Sunday, November 21, 1999
Dr. Nasr Abu Zeid speaks about the necessity of the scientific study of the Qur’an and its history. He says that this study does not threaten the faith of a Muslim; on the contrary. Abu Zeid explains principles for research and his wish to return to Egypt. But first the court decision to declare...
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Sidhom discussed a few months ago the subject of establishing a section for Coptic studies in the Egyptian university to teach Coptic language, Coptic history, and Coptic civilization because this is considered an important part of Egypt’s history and present too. The discussion was reopened in...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 1999
The Court of South Cairo is judging the a case of Dr. Abu Zeid and his wife Ebtihal Ahmadi Younis against the Minister of Justice, Farouq Seif Al-Nasr in order to continue the matrimonial relationship.
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 1999
The Chairman of Cairo University Dr. Farouk Ismail met with the Armenian Ambassador in Cairo to discuss the idea of establishing a department for the Armenian language. An Armenian society based in New York will offer an annual donation for this department. Many Copts asked many times to establish...