Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
The Nov. 15 editorial "Galloping Anti-Semitism" criticized Egypt for not censoring a television series that The Post found objectionable. But freedom of expression means broadcasting all points of view, even the most regrettable. The editorial portrayed the series, "Horseman Without a Horse," as...
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, June 5, 2005
The Women Committee affiliated to the Middle East Council of Churches held a forum in Cairo where the participants debated citizenship, pillars of coexistence for all citizens, the risk of marginalization, reasons behind some youths’ poor belonging to the country and disengagement between religion...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
An Egyptian court issued a sudden ruling yesterday to drop the name of Usama Roshdy, an eminent Egyptian fundamentalist living abroad, from the authorities’ wanted list. The court also obliged the Egyptian government to compensate him for the suffering he has faced because of being described as a “...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The report of the committee headed by Dr. Jamāl al-‘Utayfī on the al-Khankah sectarian events in 1972 is excellent. Many of its recommendations, have however, not been followed up thoroughly with the consequence that many of the factors that played a role in the tensions in 1972 still play a role...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
President Husnī Mubārak responded to this call by amending the article 76 of the constitution to allow for multi-candidate presidential elections. However, in order to proceed with the elections in an incorrupt fashion, the Egyptian press must regain its freedom, which it had lost ever since the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
Ayman Al-Zawahri wrote a book in which he recounts how he came to join the Jihad organization at the age of 16. He also gives details of all the terrorist operations the Jihad organization committed and were planning to commit in Egypt. The article sheds light on the many assassinations the group...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The author believes BBC, CNN and al-Gezira have not provided objective reports about the war against the Taleban and the Al-Qa’ida movement.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The Mufti issued a fatwa prohibiting television competitions. Then the Grand Imam issued another fatwa allowing the competitions. The author wonders why there is this contradiction in fatwas and why not unite the opinions of the scholars and save public opinion from having to choose between...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
Mamdouh Mahran claimed that he was being patronized by the Journalists Syndicate. Many complaints were received against the newspaper because of fabricated or baseless news stories and nude pictures. A few days before he published the story about the former monk they questioned him about the fact...