Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
A Supreme Administrative Court ruling denying Egyptian
Bahā’īs the right to have their religion recognized on official documents has
sparked
heated controversy in human rights circles. The ruling stated that the
Bahā’ī faith is
not a religion, hence it should not be listed on identification...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In an escalation of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on
the Muslim Brotherhood, security authorities dealt a blow to the outlawed group’s financial muscle as it arrested a
number of businessmen affiliated to the group.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Egyptian papers run dozens of articles on a variety of
subjects directly or indirectly related to the Muslim Brotherhood’s military-style rally at Azhar University’s
campus. Analysts and commentators saw the Brotherhood’s military-style protest from various, but still close,
perspectives, with...
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The Supreme Administrative Court has issued its verdict brushing away the Administrative Judicial Court’s decree, which had permitted the notation of Bahā’ism in official documents.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Photos of the military-style parade staged by the Muslim Brotherhood at al-Azhar University raised alarm in the Egyptian press that the Muslim Brotherhood was forming a militia.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The
article discusses the
journalist whose cartoons abused the image of Prophet Muhammad being nominated for the most
renowned
journalism award in Denmark.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
The writer talks about the political role of Islamic groups in
the Arab Muslim world in an attempt
to answer the question: Is Arab democracy possible without Islamists?
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
Although
the Criminal Court has issued a verdict canceling a decision of the High State Security
Prosecution putting
two prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Dr ‘Isām al-
‘Iryān and
Muhammad Mursī, under house arrest, many criticized the group for adhering to a
vague political and
religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Despite the
public outrage against the statements of Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī on
the
H...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
Some
unknown persons threw an arsonist bottle on a mosque in Melbourne, in Australia, and wrote expressions against
Islam on its walls. The manager of the Islamic Centre in Melbourne said that the incident was a reaction to what
happened in Bali.