Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
Headline: Al-Bashīr Promises an Islamic Constitution if South Secedes; Tells Critics of the Flogging of a Woman: “Refer to Islam”
Source: Al-Misrī al-Yawm
Pages: 3
Author: Khalīfah Jāb Allāh, Jum‘ah Hamd Allāh, wire services
Keywords: Islam, Sharī‘ah
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Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
Islamic thinker Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā has criticized certain media’s treatment of the lives of the Sahābah, alleging that some in the press are directing wrongful accusations at them.
He emphasized that defaming the companions of the Prophet Muhammad is not permissible and, furthermore, that it...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Pope Shenouda III returned to Cairo today after spending a week at the Bishop Bishūy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn for the Christmas fast.
A source at the papal office said that the Pope plans to attend the opening of the new parliamentary session next Sunday, in which President Muhammad Hunsī...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Following his expulsion from the Muslim Brotherhood for failing to pull out of the parliamentary elections, Majdī ‘Āshūr said that he will never be a stumbling block to the group.
‘Āshūr explained that the people of his district would not let him pull out out of the elections after the many...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Headline: ‘Alī Jum‘ah: Banks Operate in Accordance with Sharī‘ah, Those who Seek to Make Banking Sinful Should Ban Money
Source: Al-Dustūr
Author: Wā’il Fāyiz
Page: 1
Keywords: Sharī‘ah
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Headline: Vatican Pope: Christians are Suffering Most from Persecution, Violence...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
A Coptic citizen has brought a case to the Court of Administrative Justice against Pope Shenouda III and Bishop Bula, who has been commissioned to head the Clerical Council on Personal Affairs, for granting his ex-wife permission to re-marry.
The man argues that the conditions for a church divorce...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A judge has extended the jail sentence of 154 Christians who were arrested following the riots concerning a church building in al-‘Umrāniyyah. However, two children and two women were released.
The incidents, which took place two weeks ago, resulted in two deaths and 67 injuries. Lawyers of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The article reviews a book by former Muslim Brotherhood member and lawyer Tharwat al-Kharabāwī, who was expelled from the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Kharabāwī’s "The Heart of the Brotherhood; the Group’s Inquisition” presents the “personal experience” of its author with the Brotherhood, as well as the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Advocates of the dissident al-Wafd Party Tāriq Sibāq paradoxically shouted the Muslim Brotherhood slogan “Islam is the solution.” [Reviewer: Al-Wafd Party is known for its moderation ands irreligious identity.]
Tāriq Sibāq won Sāmih Antoine in popular Cairo district of Shubrā. The author refers to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Headline: Egypt's Shī‘ah Forbidden from Celebrating ‘Ashūrā’
Publisher: Al-Wafd
Page: 3
Author: Du'ā al-Badī‘
Keywords: Shī‘ah, ‘Ashūrā’
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Headline: 66 Accused in ‘Umrāniyyah Events Released
Publisher: Al-Dustūr
Page: 15
Author: Nadā Hamdī
Keywords: al-‘Umrāniyyah
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