Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Most Egyptian parties suffer from political anemia, which means they lack popular support and always need political blood transfusion operations form the major parties. Otherwise, they will search for foreign financial and political backing.
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2003
The Ministry of Social Affairs received 300 complaints accusing directors of civil societies of embezzlement, falsifying receipts of donations to escape control and misusing mosques’ funds. Security officials warn that most of these societies are using their activities as a cover to support...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
How can we ban the activities of the Brotherhood in Egypt at the same time that we
pamper them in Palestine and Jordan? The Brotherhood is the same whether in Palestine, Jordan,
Iraq, America or Saudi Arabia. They are all working under one authority based in Germany. Is it
not true that unifying...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
In the three reports issued by the Commission on Religious Freedom
about Egypt from 2000 to 2002, Egypt was placed in the third category. These reports noted an
improvement in the [Egyptian government’s] respect for religious freedoms. These reports were
basically focused on Copts. Reports...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
Lord
Cromer, the British High Commissioner during the British occupation of Egypt. wanted to deal
with Egyptians as different ethnic and religious groups and not as a united national community.
Cromer left Egypt and Egypt was librated from occupation but others did not learn the lesson and...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2004
The opinion of political writer Hussain Abdel Raziq, the
secretary general of the Tagammu Party, was different from other leaders of the Tagammu and most
of its members. When the Tagammu was discussing the attitude it should adopt toward groups that
claim to represent political Islam, Abdel...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
As the upcoming parliamentary elections approach,
the Muslim Brotherhood are trying to make alliances with various political powers. The
Brotherhood are trying to convince everyone that they are no longer an Islamic group and are
willing to engage in political life and employ its mechanisms....
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2004 to Saturday, August 28, 2004
The Islamic Research Institute issued
a decision to ban the book “The responsibility for the failure of the Islamic State in the modern
era,” written by Gamal Al-Banna. The book was published ten years ago but was recently sent by
the police station of Kafr Al-Sheikh to the institute to review...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
This is not the
first time I go through the harship of takfir [being accused of unbelief]. I read in a newspaper
on June 25 that they received news from the Azhar saying that my book “Shukran Bin Laden” [thank
you Bin Laden] was confiscated and banned from circulation. Are our masters the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
Last week, the catastrophe of the confiscation of books appeared on the surface again
as two books were accused of offending religion. The book of “Shukran Bin Laden” [Thank you Bin
Laden] by Sayyed Al-Qimni was recommended to be banned by the Islamic Research Institute. The
other book “Tahya Al...