Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
Yūsuf Sidhum discusses the proposed Constitutional amendments, and the positive features they may bring about to Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2007
Following the storm raised over his recent book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayn al-Shī‘ah wa-al- Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], Islamic Intellectual Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārah "explicitly and unequivocally" apologized for quoting texts that...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The proposed constitutional amendments stress the importance of citizenship. The amendments cannot be achieved all at once, as there must be a cultural and social basis on which the amendments can be established. A secular state will fulfill the demands of most Egyptians, and Copts look forward to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The article provides an overlook of the progression of human rights in Egypt. It reviews the first term of the National Council for Human Rights and questions if its efforts are being felt by Egyptians.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The writer is discussing the debate about suggestions for reforming religious curricula for secondary schools, because these curricula are said to repeat, word by word, phrases from the books of the executed ex-leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
This article explains that Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd’s statements published in al-Masrī al-Yawm lead it to a war with Rose al-Yūsuf.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The author comments on the role and achievements of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, the deputy head of the government’s National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.), says in this interview that it is a right and a duty of the council to express its own views, even if they run counter to the government’s opinions, adding what really preoccupies the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Upcoming changes to the National Council of Human Rights are discussed and their impact on the council’s members.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...