Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Tal‘at Jād Allāh discusses the recent parliamentary elections, stating that people’s choices were based on a either a religious element, not one of citizenship and efficiency, or on the highest pay offered by vote-buying candidates.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the People’s Assembly, Dr. Mustafa al-Fiqī, argues that it would be better for Muslims and Arabs to admit the Holocaust, arguing that denying Nazi crimes causes offense and plays into the hands of the Jews.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Youssuf Sidhom addresses the issue of reconciliation between Muslims and Christains in Egypt, encouraging real, everyday interaction and mingling.
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
In an interview, Major General Fou’ād ‘Allām, who spent over 25 years in the State Security Investigations Authority, states that the Muslim Brotherhood are liars, that some members of the NDP are working against the state’s interests and that unless the opposition parties improve their political...
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
The author is skeptical about whether the Muslim Brotherhood have changed, and suggests that if they are genuine about having changed, they should renounce the teachings of their past imām, Hasan al-Bannā.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
The writer presents a Copt’s perspective on the success of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 2005 elections and points out that electoral programs are supposed to be announced before the elections, something that the Muslim Brotherhood failed to do.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
The authors harshly criticize the Muslim Brotherhood’s attitudes towards women and Copts.
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
The author argues that Islamic history, despite all its high-sounding slogans, is teeming with assaults on women’s freedoms and rights, guaranteed by virtue of Islamic law.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
On the 52nd anniversary of the 1954 proclamation dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood, Khālid Mahmoud Ramadān writes that the clear political platform of Egypt’s largest opposition group has secured it an unprecedented 88 seats in parliament.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, Muslim thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā has dismissed the possibility of having a religious state in Egypt for a number reasons.