Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
The author writes on his political dialogue, as a Coptic citizen, with parliamentary members of the Brotherhood, which has resulted in a draft law of citizenship that deals with the issues of Copts in Egypt. He records his disappointment that the Brotherhood’s guidance bureau has rejected the draft...
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
The author writes about the strong relationship between Copts and Muslims in Egypt, rejecting the attempts of some Copts abroad to accuse Muslim intellectuals of harming their feelings.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
The Egyptian church is refusing a court ruling allowing a Christian, who converted to Islam, to have custody of his children in favor of their Christian mother, appealing to top Muslim clerics to intervene.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Spokesman of the legally banned Muslim Brotherhood and member of the Irshād [guidance] Office, ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, claims that the former minister of education, Husayn Kāmil Bahā’ al-Dīn has praised the Brotherhood’s efforts to reach out to the Egyptian public and has encouraged the group to maintain...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2006
The author responds to the Muslim Brotherhood’s vision on the relationship between politics and religion.
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
‘Āmir points out that the Muslim Brotherhood is a dangerous group that seeks to reach power through armed clashes with authorities. He suggests resisting such groups by distributing books that disprove their ideas.
Date of source: Saturday, April 1, 2006
The recent Copenhagen conference, organized by Muslim preacher, ‘Amr Khālid, has come under severe criticism from many clerics in the Arab and Muslim world. Accusations of receiving foreign funds and breaking the momentum of the Muslim nation’s awakening for the sake of Denmark followed.
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
The controversial fatwa of the Muftī of the Republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, on the prohibition of full-figure statues has been the subject of heated debate in the Egyptian media recently.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
In an interview with Subhī Mujāhid from Rose al-Yousuf, Shaykh Ibrāhīm ‘Atā al-Fayyoumī, secretary-general of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, explains the real role of the Azhar and clarifies its judicial authority to confiscate books.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2006
Jād Allāh points out the spread of two opposite inclinations that are influencing Egyptian society; the tendency to religious fanaticism and the tendency to immorality. He believes that these inclinations are due to a number of economical, social and psychological problems in the structure of...