Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The author questions why we are unable to help the Palestinians. He believes it is because of the weakness of the intellectuals who have dominated our cultural life. Many concepts are undefined and there is a shortage of imams.
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002
Articles by seven journalists showing different aspects of a plan to halt Egypt’s development. First there are the tapes of preachers designed to influence all sectors of society. The Islamic shari’a was then used to try and facilitate building on agricultural land, thus harming the economy. The...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2002
Workshop for Egyptian journalists; the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2002
Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary members try to stop new legislation on the establishment and work of NGOs. They attacked many items in the legislation, such as an item that allows non-Egyptians to participate in NGOs. They argued that this could give people who hate Egypt the chance to penetrate...
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2002
The stereotyped picture of Muslim preachers is no longer acceptable in the age of globalization. Arabic satellite channels propagated a new generation of preachers known as young preachers. Analysts say that the phenomenon of young preachers has nothing to do with the decrease in the activities of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2002
In 1977, the Bishop of Minya purchased a piece of land in the village of Beni Mahdi in order to build a church to serve the village congregation and those of eight neighbouring villages and hamlets which lacked a local church. The church has been waiting for approval for about a quarter of a...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2002
In this article Muhammad Sayyed Al-Ashmawi expressed his thoughts concerning the circumstances of Arabs and Muslims. He said that Egyptian and Arab societies are passing through a crucial phase due to the absence of freethinking. He commented on the role of modern preachers. These modern preachers...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Workshop for Egyptian journalists; on women’s rights and women in Egyptian media..
Date of source: Saturday, May 25, 2002
The defect of any political regime is the group of “deceitful revolutions” who master playing with people’s feelings and the doves of “religious extremism” who steal the minds of people by filling it with ideas apparently tolerant but in reality lead to extremism and terrorism. They want to bring...
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2002
Al-Ahram columnist Anis Mansour wrote that Jesus Christ had a half-brother called James. He claimed this piece of information came from the Bible. The reaction of Muslims and Copts to what he wrote was very angry. A Coptic thinker commented on it and explained the Biblical verses speaking about...