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18. The European Union rejects projects proposed by Egyptian associations
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
The European Union announced, last May, a contest to apply for funding for projects serving human rights, democracy, political participation, refugees and minority’ causes. A group of organizations and associations submitted proposals which were then rejected due to incomple documents and papers,...
7. In the aftermath of the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2005
Al-Usbou‘, al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī and Rose al-Yousuf report on the reaction to the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, published few months ago by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
3. The Azhar expresses Muslim world’s shock over Danish press attack on Prophet Muhammad
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The Danish prime minister had declined to receive 19 ambassadors from Arab and Muslim countries even though he received a Somali-born woman [‘Alī Hirsi ‘Alī] who wrote the script for a controversial documentary called ’Submission’ directed by Dutch Theo van Gogh. The newspapers also suggest that...
17. Insulting Prophet Muhammad... the Azhar keeps silent
Date of source: Saturday, November 12, 2005
The author is surprised at the silence of the Azhar after Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten printed 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that many Muslims considered offensive.
31. Did monks build a mosque inside St. Catherine’s monastery to prevent Muslims from destroying it?
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Na‘oum Bik Shuqayr, who wrote about the history of Sinai in 1916, said that Fatimid Caliph al-Hākim bi Amr Allāh ordered the demolition of the monastery in 1008. The Caliph sent a company to carry out his orders but the soldiers were told by monks there that there was a mosque inside the compound....
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