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2. Dr. Hala Mustafa, an Egyptian scholar, advocates a liberal agenda for democratization in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The following presents an interview between Dr. Hala Mustafa and CIDT interns. Dr. Mustafa comments on her role in the National Democratic Party’s Policies Committee, her opinions on reform in Egypt, critiquing the role of Egyptian security, and the necessary steps needed for reform to take effect.
7. The National Translation Center and rudimentary notes
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2007
The writer talks about the National Translation Center. He comments on the translation and editing processes employed by the center.
37. A century of conflict over the civil identity of the Egyptian state
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2007
The following lines highlight the historic background of religious and civil states in Egypt. Muṣṭafá Kāmil was the advocate of an Islamic state a century ago. He was defeated by a national group that advocates a civil state. The same struggle appears to be repeating nowadays with discussions over...
6. A journey with translation
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
In this article the author reviews his past with translation
65. The text that says, ‘Islam is the religion of the state’ divides Muslims and releases a reactionary trend, Ṭāhā Ḥusayn says
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
al-Qāhirah newspaper re-issues an article written by late key intellectual Dr. Ṭāhā Ḥusayn in the early 1920s, commenting on adding a text to the Egyptian Constitution passed in 1923 that acknowledged Islām as the official religion of the state.
6. A Saudi researcher accuses 200 thinkers of apostasy
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
The article criticizes Saudi researcher Sa‘īd Bin Nāṣir al- Ghāmidī who has launched a Takfīr campaign against intellectuals and writers of Arab cultural life.
16. Modernity and Western values in the clutches of Islamization
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Who won the battle, those who sought to modernize Islam, or the militants? The author discusses integrating Islam into society in the West, and questions which cultural community will be forced to sacrifice values for the sake of integration.
26. Raising girls al-Baquri’s Way
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The article is about a book by Maḥmūd ‘Awaḍ that shows how peaceful and tolerant minister al-Bāqūrī was.
50. Lost rights of Women
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2006
The author talks about the rights of Egyptian women in society.
2. Rose al-Yusuf is Kafir!
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2006
A student of higher studies at the Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] Faculty, al-Minūfīyah branch of the Azhar University, wrote a PhD thesis deeming that the Rose al-Yūsuf periodical and founder were Kāfir. In week 50, AWR presented a series of reactions published in Rose al- Yūsuf. The...

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