Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has presented its report on the recent sectarian incidents in Alexandria, making several proposals that it hopes will help avoid future sectarian violence.
Date of source: Sunday, November 6, 2005
The newly appointed Egyptian Cultural Attaché in Spain reveals his plans to reform the image of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sourat al-‘Arab wa al-Muslimīn Fi al-Manāhij al-Dirāsīya Hawl al-‘Ālam [Image of Arabs and Muslims in school curricula all over the world] by Sulaymān Qinnāwī is a study of the stereotype of Muslims and Arabs in Western school curricula.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Education—a vitally important issue on the reform agenda—is one of the most widely-discussed topics. A new vision and a bold policy are required to produce a new generation of Egyptians who can grasp modern-day variables and deal in the latest technology. Our public education is still hostage to...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
There is a noticeable decline in the level of national identification and a rise in various forms of religious affiliation. Religious institutions have encroached upon the role of the state, apparently with good will but not always, through the services they offer to the community in many areas. I...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The article is about educational curricula of the Shari’a in Saudi Arabia which have been reformed. The author presents the opinions and arguments of those who are in favor of the Saudi move and those who are against it.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Salah Shady, one of the prominent Brotherhood leaders wrote, “Hassan Al-Banna [founder of the Muslim Brotherhood] was the good seed for Islamic thought and Sayyed Qutb was the good fruit.” The life of Sayyed Qutb witnessed many conversions and unlimited mysteries.
Qutb knew how to love and how to...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
There are two mysteries in the history of Sayyed Qutb that can hardly be explained. I am mentioning these two mysteries without offering explanations:
The first mystery is the scholarship Qutb got in America. The selection of Sayyed Qutb for this scholarship is the subject of many questions. Qutb...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Al-Usbua received documents that confirmed that eliminating the Azhar institutes comes as part of the plan to Americanize the religious discourse in Egypt and the Arab World. Washington believes that the religious educational curricula instill hatred against all things American. For the U.S. to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...