Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2008
The author criticizes a statement attributed to the so-called ’Azhar Scholars Front’, banning working in companies and factories which export gas to Israel and ruling that whoever works in such places is a sinner.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
Although Salafi female preachers enjoy great popularity among women, Salafis believe women are not entitled to give or receive religious advice.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The author attacks scholar and geologist Zaghlūl al-Najjār, saying he harmed Islam when he associated it with changing scientific theories.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The author addresses Salafis’ economic activities in Egypt’s rural areas and their attempts to attract youth to their ideology through giving them working opportunities.
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Suggested changes to the child law have provoked far-reaching debates. The issues of female circumcision, a child's paternity and the law's adherence to the principles of Sharī‘ah are three of the key topics that have come under analysis.
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The amendments to the 1938 statute are being debated by the Christian denominations in Egypt. While the State Council's deputy chairman said that it contains points that violate the law, others such as Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir believes that it will encourage Christians to convert to Islam.
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Two jewelery shops owned by Copts were attacked within 48 hours of each other have broken out worries about possible further attacks in a plot to target Copts.
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The author reports on two recent assaults on jewelery shops owned by Copts in Cairo's al-Zaytūn and Alexandria's al-Llabbān districts that were reminiscent of Islamists' attacks on Copts' jewelery shops to finance terrorist activities that took place in the past.
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2008
The article deals with various aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood group that have been discussed in the press this week such as the group's relations with the U.S, the elections to the Muslim Brotherhood guide's office and the extension of the Emergency Law. The article also includes an interview...
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2008
Ahmad Bashā reports on the Swiss call to give al-Hadarī Swiss citizenship.