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Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Orthodox Coptic Church started sending invitations for the celebration of Christimas and the mass.
Invitations were sent to: Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Aḥmad Fatḥī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Ṣafwat al-Sharīf, chief of Shura...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Catholic and Episcopal churches in Egypt, along with other Western churches, celebrated Christmas on Saturday under tight security measures because of threats from al-Qā‘idah.
President Husnī Mubārak sent several representatives to attend the Catholic mass, passing on his greetings.
Muhammad al...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Sahar Al-Ja'ārah writes about a Fatwá made by Shaykh Mahmūd ‘Āmir, President of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah group at Damanhūr, which calls for the slaying of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for civil disobedience and incitement to disobey...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Headline: Fatwá Shedding al-Barād‘ī’s Blood: Egypt is under the Rule of Law, and We are Not in the Jāhilīyah Age
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 20
Author: Karam Jabr
Keywords: al-Barād‘ī
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Headline: Economic Relations between the Islamic World and the West [in the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Pope Shenouda III went into voluntary seclusion for a whole week at the Bishop Bīshūy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn allegedly in protest of the state security’s method of dealing with the ‘Umrāniyyah riots.
Amīn says that for the first time ever, the Pope “threatened” that the Coptic blood shed in...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that he is not opposed to a Christian woman becoming the president of Egypt.
"According to Islamic teaching, every person, Muslim or Christian, has the same rights and duties. These rights are based on...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Muhammad Dā’ud, professor of Islamic Sharī‘ah at Suez University, says that the recent Fatwá issued against opposition leader Mohammad al-Barād‘ī for allegedly inciting civil unrest is fanatical.
According to Dā’ud, the Fatwá is based on a crucial misunderstanding about Egyptian politics. “Al-Barād...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The author queries why pro-regime writers have suddenly turned their guns on the Copts, lumping them together with the Muslim Brotherhood and Muhammad al-Barād‘ī.
"Is the reason perhaps the al-‘Umrāniyyah events, the arrest of Copts, and the Pope's seclusion?" Kamāl asks.
"We have learned that when...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Islamic thinker ‘Abd al-Fattāh ‘Asākir has said that Takfīr Fatwás represent a violation of Islam because belief in God is a personal choice.
He added that the group that poses the most danger to a ruler are not unbelievers, but hypocrites, because it is Muhammad al-Barād‘ī's right as an Egyptian...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Headline: Jum‘ah: We Did not Issue a Fatwá that Egyptian Divorce Is Invalid Because of Different Pronounciations
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 3
Author: Subhī Mujāhid
Keywords: Fatwá, divorce
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Headline: The Assassination of al-Barād‘ī
Source: Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘
Pages: 4
Author...
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