Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Hanaa Fathi describes Haider’s book as a "wonderful novel". Haider Haider foresaw what happened in Algeria. Haider developed the story along two parallel lines, one extremely political and the other, delicate fine literature. Both lines ended in a mythological love story.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
During the last two weeks Egypt has witnessed unprecedented terrorism, and a lot of Fatwas for shedding the blood of the Culture Minister and some intellectuals who are all accused of impiety. The objective of those who declared the war against the [polemic novel] "Banquette for the seaweed" is to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Some hidden parties, in Egypt, are trying to substitute the role of the religious institutions, like Azhar and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, in the call to religion missions. Thus leaving the path open to the non qualified charlatans, to assume such a vital responsibility, abusing the need of...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
People have the right to get accurate information about their religion, so being guided by a charlatan is a great crime, that will affect not only the person but the religion itself. The prophet Mohammed in his Hadiths [talks] and Ibn Malek in his book "The legislation laws" urged us to select our...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Rose el-Youssef wants a debate with Abdel Kafi and El-Ada’iya and claims they cannot support their arguments with documentary evidence. Rose el-Youssef also claims their campaign has strong support from religious people, newspapers and public opinion. They also claim that their aim "is to protect...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
Some of the corrupt extremists used their special skills in giving impressive and convincing speeches to bring followers under their control, using religion as a cover to hide their personal defects or to make religious, moral and political gains. Rose Al Youssef lists here two cases concerning...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The remains of terrorism are still looking for any hole to penetrate again Egyptian society, they are trying now to go back to their old game of occupying the university mosques, but this time their plan was frustrated due to the caution of university administrations and students.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
After loosing their credibility, due to major irregularities in their behavior, Islamic extremist groups launched a new strategy, especially after the cessation of foreign aid. They now started to target high-class women and youth, as they are weak [in faith] but able to finance the new Do’a [...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
As there was no alternative, people went to the alleged Da’iya sessions. Some of them had great difficulty in consulting the right people of the Azhar over their religious concerns, because these sheikhs from the Azhar set the religion behind the stars as if they were trying to avoid problems.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Da’awa [call to religion] mission should be carried out through people who have a wide knowledge because the Da’iya is a social doctor who treats the societies’ sickness and tries to fix its wrong behavior. The author listed some of the characteristics of the ideal Da’iya such as courage,...