Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2004
Last week, Watani International printed an interview with Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti. Some of the questions directed to the Mufti concerned the comparison between the absolute freedom with which Muslims in Egypt build mosques, and the parallel restrictions imposed by law on the building of...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Usama Wadia reports what happened to Ingy Nagy William after the AWR team investigated the reasons of her conversion to Islam. Ingy ran away from her Muslim family in order to get married to her Muslim friend.
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2005
The security department of the Ministry of the Interior has cast light on the phenomenon of posters with Islamic or Christian symbols or quotes encouraging religious fanaticism.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
A terrorist attack in Sharm Al-Sheikh was immediately reported on Egyptian TV.
Comment on an article by Dr. Larry Levine that shows much distrust for motives of Christian Evangelical support for Israel.
Date of source: Friday, January 10, 2003
A Yemeni extremist killed three American missionaries on December 30, 2002, in a Southern Baptist hospital in Yemen. He was quoted as saying he killed the Americans to cleanse his religion and get closer to Allah. The murder triggered Western commentaries about the role of Western missionaries in...
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
A new Shiite community has been added to the Egyptian population. They number 20,000
or even 30,000 or 40,000 and most of the community members are of marriageable age and are
capable of marriage, having families, and enlarging the community. The Shiites are not only a
demographic segment but...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
In December 1976, Mamdouh Salem, then Minister of Interior, issued a
decision to cancel censorship on books and newspapers. This was one way President Sadat aimed at
presenting himself as democratic. The editors and the managers of the newspapers were appointed
by the president himself and thus...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
The leader of the Jihad organization, Aboud Al-Zomor, currently incarcerated for attempting to overthrow the regime and the assassination of former President Sadat, rejected the involvement of the Jihad group with the Taba bombings. He confirmed that leaders and members of both national and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
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French magazine raised the question of whether Tareq Ramadan is an angel or a devil.