Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
The author criticizes the tug-of-war between the
Muslim Brotherhood deputies and those of
the NDP inside parliament over trivial issues. Instead, he argues that
they should unify their ranks as
Egyptians in the face of terrorism, which is gnawing at the country’s
significant source of income...
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court
ruling in favor of
recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion
apostates.
Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
The muftī of Egypt, Dr.
‘Alī
Jum‘a calls for the elimination of extremism, rejects any dialogue with
extremists and
calls for Egyptian society to leave its current state of effeminacy and act together to defend the
country.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The author investigates the practice of an international
football referee,
Muhammad al-Sayyīd, who has reportedly stopped several games in the football league to
listen to the
adhān.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The author in this article criticizes the muftī and the religious
institution,
refuting the muftī’s defense that it has never been responsible for terrorism, and
calls for
fatwas taking into account the spirit of modernity.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
A few days ago, the
president of the American University in Cairo (AUC), David
Arnold, decided to remove Islamic and Arabic contents
from a number of AUC textbooks, including syllabi in
Islamic history, Arabic literature and social sciences. A
large number of the university’s staff has...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
The author says that chaos, nepotism and favoritism have become a
sad feature of
daily life in the Azhar’s religious institutes sector in Kafr al-Sheikh. The under-secretary
in Kafr
al-Sheikh [Reviewer: No name or ministry mentioned. Most probably of the Ministry of Awqāf
(Endowments)] uses...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Islam prescribes death penalty
for murder to alleviate the anguish of the relatives of the murdered person, the grand imām of
the
Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī says, explaining the reasons behind the
harsh
penalties imposed by Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Highlights of the meeting held at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on May 7, 2006, to launch the CAWU website, including a welcome address by Mr. Muhammad al-Sāwī, comments from former ministers Dr. Mamdouh al- Biltājī, Mr. Ahmed Māhir, Dr. Ahmad Juwaylī, head of the Protestant Community Council Dr. Safwat al...
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The Egyptian parliament has approved a two-year extension of the 25-year -old emergency law amidst strong opposition from Muslim Brotherhood and independent members of parliament. Arguing that the government uses the law to silence and oppress the opposition, Muslim Brotherhood members came to the...