Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
The author criticizes Egyptian strangers and freelancers who work for foreign media. He argues that they are the ones behind Egypt being represented in foreign media as
a country with dirty random districts, infants working, belly dancers and Coptic massacres. He urged that the State Information...
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
The author argues that Egyptian society can turn against those [The Azhar Scholars Front] who accuse it of apostasy. It can even give evidence that they work for the interests of bodies that aim to eliminate the cultural role of Egypt and accuse them of distracting Egyptians from their real...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
The book "The Bible according to Bilat," which tells the story of Jesus Christ, tries to find out if Christ went to Heaven after his Crucifixion, and if He is coming down again before the end of the world. It offers two options to the readers: to believe or not to believe in Jesus Christ. Both...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
The Vatican expelled bishop Emanuel Melingo because he married a Korean woman in a mass wedding ceremony held by the "Mon" group, which is rejected by the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
The author believes that while the Qur’an speaks highly of monasteries, Ra’fat Al-Meihi’s novel "Hurgada.. Love magic," describes them as places where fugitives and corrupt people hide. It also paints a stupid picture of a Christian man who is ready to make his son a Muslim to marry a Muslim girl....
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
Khalil Abdel-Karim said that his book "The formation period in the life of Mohammed," was historical research relying on a number of traditions about Mohammed’s life before the Qur’an was revealed to him. The head of the [banned] Azhar Scholars Front said that the writer showed no respect for...
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2001 to Friday, June 1, 2001
The 1990s witnessed a confrontation between international organizations trying to work in Egypt and law 32/1964, preventing founding NGOs receiving foreign finances. Since most of the activists are lawyers, they began digging inside the body of the law to find legal ways of doing this. Tens of NGOs...
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2001 to Friday, June 1, 2001
The public expected Iqra’ [recite, the very first word revealed in the Qur’an] satellite channel to offer an enlightened reading of Islam to agree with the givens of the new globalization time. However, the channel ended up by becoming the official channel for extremists and stagnant jurisprudence.
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
Movie director Ra’fat Al-Meihi is thinking of turning his novel "Hurghada: Love Magic" into a film. The story is about a Christian girl who loves a Muslim police officer. Al-Meihi said that the meaning he wanted to deliver was that each one of us has the right to express his love in the way he...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The author is of the opinion that this millionaire, who married tens of times, added to his crimes another one by trying to cover his crimes with Islam. He claimed that he was following the steps of Mohammed by doing so.