Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2006
A conference was held in Haifa where 200 Egyptian Jews gathered to claim their
properties in Egypt. The author reports about the conference and met with Egyptian figures to investigate the
matter.
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2003
The author gives a historical background about Shiites and discusses their beliefs. He focuses on Shiites in Iraq and their participation in the Iraqi society.
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
Islamophobia, fear of Islam, is a concept created by the West through historical, political, economic and media factors. Several Islamic countries have fallen into the trap of Islamophobia, which makes fixing the distorted picture of Islam all the more important.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
The author explained that the meaning of the word Copt means Egyptian and not Christian. That is only an invention of Christians which was accepted by some Muslim Egyptian intellectuals. He conclude his article by asking the Ministers of Education and Higher Education to review the place of Coptic...