Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
‘Imād Taha discusses the birth of the Wasat Party, a breakaway from the Muslim Brotherhood, and questions the Islamist group’s support for plurality.
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2006
The authors point out conflicting statements by members of the Muslim Brotherhood about an alleged proposal to confine the murshid’s [supreme guide’s] tenure to two terms in office.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
A fuss has been recently made over the Islamic Research Academy’s decision to approve Pepsi, which was protested by a Muslim scholar.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
The article reports on a warning issued by the Azhar about the circulation of corrupted Lebanese and Kuwaiti copies of the Qur’ān that were printed with forged permission from the Azhar.
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2006
The article discusses a study by an Egyptian researcher about the problems facing Muslim minorities and how poor translation of Muslim terminology has helped draw an untrue image of Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
European Union (EU) foreign policy commissioner Javier Solana had talks with Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak over ways of protecting religious symbols and beliefs as part of his efforts to defuse the crisis. During his visit to Egypt, the second leg of his tour of Arab and Muslim nations in the...
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
A review of articles in the Egyptian press on the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, examining the effect of the demonstrations across the Muslim world on Egypt’s tourist industry and suggestions that governments in Islamic countries have encouraged angry opposition to the cartoons to vent...
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2006
The author reviews a book by an Evangelical pastor discussing the status of Christians in Arab countries from the perspective of citizenship and the relationship between Christians and ruling regimes in the Arab world.
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2006
The author reviews a book by a Muslim Brotherhood member called Mahmoud al-Sabbāgh. The book, the author says, contains the ideology of the group about killing enemies of Islam, as examples of assassination allowed by the Prophet Muhammad were cited by al-Sabbāgh.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is chairing a meeting of the World Council of Churches held in Brazil accompanied by a delegation of senior clergymen from the Egyptian Orthodox Church.