Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Islamic groups are exploiting the bad conditions Muslim live in today in order to obtain more authority and power through religion. They misguidedly refer everything back to religion, and they falsely claim that Muslims were triumphant when they abided strictly to the teachings of Islam and that it...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
On August 30, “Al Manar Al Gadeed” magazine published an article written by Aboud Al-Zomor about reform in Egypt. The article is particularly significant because Al-Zomor was a main participant in the assassination of [former president] Anwar Al-Sadat. Al-Zomor’s article differs from what the Gama’...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Sayyed Qutb’s book “Ma’leem fi Al-Tariq” [Milestones] is still the source of inspiration of Islamists around the world. The Muslim Brotherhood tried to deny any connection between itself and Qutb’s book, in spite of the fact that they would always refute any criticism directed to the book.
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Henry Laurens is on his way to take the place of Jack Perck [name is transliterated from Arabic original, we do not know whether the spelling of his name is correct], and Louis Masignon in the specialization and analysis of Arab issues. This young researcher, who is not yet fifty, was recently...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
This year, Arabs and Muslims have a very good opportunity at the Frankfurt International Book Fair. Thousands of European thinkers, scholars, and intellectuals will gather in this fair. The main theme of the book fair is Arab civilization, Arab and Islamic issues and the contributions of Arabs and...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
There is an American study aimed at penetrating our educational institutions and attracting university professors, academics and researchers [to adopt pro-American approaches]. This study offers a practical plan to penetrate our educational institutions and the infrastructure through which this...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
Foreign funding is one of the controversial issues that trigger much debate in the political arena, especially after the government has accused human rights organizations of receiving millions of dollars from American and European organizations to harm our national security. This accusation...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The General Prosecutor ordered the release of Karam Gabr, the managing editor of the weekly magazine Rose Al-Youssef on recognizance [An obligation entered into before a court whereby the recognizor acknowledges that he will do a specific act required by law] of his press card after the complaint...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Saad Eddin Ibrahim who advocates freedom and democracy hurries to file complaints at the General Prosecutor’s office against those who have a different opinion than his. Ibrahim filed a complaint at the General Prosecutor’s office against articles I wrote discussing his ideas and expressing...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
While human rights organizations and a number of [Egyptian] political representatives from different orientations refused to receive the leader of the Democrats of the American Congress, Tom Lantos, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, head of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, welcomed Lantos’ visit along with a delegation...