Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2003
Overview of opinions voiced in the conference of the liberation of women in Islam. The conference discussed women in the Qur´an, the Sunna and the fiqh and the liberation of women between the Islamic and Western views. It discussed the contents of the encyclopedia written by the late Abdel...
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2003
An overview of a book, “Crossroads,’ written by the Minister of Education. The book comments on the reality of the Arab world and the Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, February 23, 2003
The author gives a brief background about Annemarie Schimmel and how he got to know her. He claims that he received many letters from her and that these letters indicate that she converted to Islam before passing away.
Date of source: Sunday, February 23, 2003
The article sheds light on 34 characteristics of Annemarie Schimmel as an orientalist. The author believes that she was an envoy to revive Muslims in an age of deterioration.
Date of source: Sunday, February 16, 2003
An overview of some of President Mubarak´s speeches on terrorism that he directed to the West. The author believes that such speeches are very important at this specific time, as they represent the sound of moderate Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, February 16, 2003
An inspector for the Ministry of Endowments gives the opinion that women are religiously allowed to pray and fast during menstruation. He is judged for giving similar “strange” opinions. A professor at the Azhar University says that he is an apostate who should be killed if his apostasy threatens...
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2003
An overview of the conditions of Muslims in the US and Canada before and after the attacks of September 11.
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2003
The article gives an overview of German orientalist Annemarie Schimmel´s ideas about Islam and her efforts to convey the true image of Islam to the West.
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2003
The article is an interview with British columnist and parliament member George Galway. He comments on the anticipated war on Iraq, its consequences and the stand of the United Nations towards it. He also comments on the issue of clashes between civilizations.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
Pope Shenouda participated in one of the symposiums of the Cairo International Book Fair. He commented on the expected war against Iraq, President Mubarak´s decision regarding January 7, Christians in the media, the relation between the American Christian right wing and Zionism, whether the...