Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Sawt al-Umma published in a previous issue the contents of Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s recent book Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya…Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A Look from within]. In this article, al-Zayyāt defends some points discussed by Muhammad al-Bāz.
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
The recent release of the eight Chinese who had been taken hostage in Iraq, brought to my mind a question I had repeatedly been mulling over. For years I have been concerned with racist tendencies displayed by Arabs. Subconsciously, I admit, I curbed my thoughts on this question and opposed anyone...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
A top official from the Religious Freedoms Committee of the U.S. Congress visited the Upper Egyptian governorate of Asyout last Thursday and met with a number of priests including Father Makarius at Abu Qurqās and bishop Paphnotius of Samāllout.
Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2005
Al-Ahrām Center for Political & Strategic Studies has recently published a book titled al-Islāmīyīn wa al-Dīmouqrātīyīn “Islamists and Democrats.” The book provides important views on means to merge Islamist mainstreams in Egypt and in the Arab world with the democratic modernization process.
Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2005
Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd speaks to Al-cArabī about some recent critical issues including his expectations for this year’s presidential elections.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
In an interview in Kul al-Arab (an Israeli newspaper published by the “Arab 48”), Muhammad Farīd Hasanīn, an Egyptian businessman and a third candidate for the Egyptian presidency launched a severe attack against Egypt accusing it of opaqueness and corruption.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
In an interview with al-Maydān, the controversial Nawāl al-Sacdāwī reiterated some of her previously known views on polygamy, circumcision, as well as her plans to run for the Egyptian presidency.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
The recent news regarding Dr. Sacd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm running for president raised numerous questions in the minds of many Egyptians. Some people accused him once again of disloyalty and illegally accepting foreign funds. Husām cAbd al-Hakam, a journalist at al-Maydān interviewed Dr. Ibrāhīm to ask him...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
The Islamic Research Institute affiliated to the Azhar banned the book of al-Islām Makshoufan [Islam uncovered] by the Palestinian priest Anīs Shurour. The book is full of negative and defaming depictions of Islam and the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
January 20, 2005 was a different day in the life of the 53-year-old mother Līza Yousuf Rizq. She announced that her five children and herself had converted to Islam a few days ago.