Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt denounces Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, as containing many errors and false allegations. He adds that the book is nothing but an attack on Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The author comments on an article on a website, said to have links with the Muslim Brotherhood, which branded the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations as a return to the pharaohs’ paganism.
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
These articles address how sectarian strife in Egypt occurs in several areas under various forms. Although calm appears to be quickly restored, everyone seems to await a new crisis. The writers suggest that old ways of dealing with the crisis are futile, and that there should be more frankness and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
In a September 2005 seminar on Islam, Pope Benedict XVI rejected Fazlur Rahman’s [1919-1988] call for a thorough reinterpretation of the Qur’ān, stating that Qur’ān cannot be modified.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he personally condemned the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten. In an interview with the Danish TV2 station, Rasmussen said that he respected religious beliefs and that would prevent him from depicting Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious symbol...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The sit in of a group of Sudanese in Cairo ended in bloodshed with around 600 people being taken to Shibīn al-Kum prison.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
On the 52nd anniversary of the 1954 proclamation dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood, Khālid Mahmoud Ramadān writes that the clear political platform of Egypt’s largest opposition group has secured it an unprecedented 88 seats in parliament.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with al-Dustour, Nubian writer Hajjāj Adoul discusses Nubian and Coptic issues in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
A digest of articles covering Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood relations, focusing on American Coptic leader Michael Munīr’s recent visit to Egypt, halting attempts to establish dialogue between the two groups and the impact of the Brotherhood’s success in the last parliamentary elections on Muslim-Coptic...
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2005
Reports about the American desecration of the Qur'ān, Muslims' holy book, in the United States' detention camp of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This stirred the angry sentiments of Muslims all over the world.