Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
Bishop Bula of Tantā asserted in a national unity meeting held in Mār Mina monastery
that Maximus is an American-made priest. He indicated that Maximus’ split was a step taken by the United
States to
infiltrate the church, because it considers the later an obstacle to normalization between Egypt...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The Coptic girl, Christine, who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam turns herself in to the police and denies her father’s accusations against her friend.
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
Lynn Stewart, the American lawyer
representing Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al-
Rahmān, currently jailed in the U.S. on
terror charges, received 28 months in jail for aiding terrorists.
Date of source: Saturday, October 21, 2006 to Friday, October 27, 2006
The author deals with
the address delivered by President Husnī Mubārak on the
occasion of Laylat al-Qadr, in which
he urged scholars to pursue a contemporary religious discourse
that will help spread the principles of tolerance.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Jihād’s leadership is reconsidering, with some reservation, their ideology of violence. Changes are being discussed among the group members. A final first draft will soon be issued.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
While the Jamā‘ah al-
Islamīyah called for legislative means to
release Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al-
Rahmān, al-Qā‘idah called for
the kidnapping of American diplomats to achieve this goal.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The New York Times reported that Iraqi Christians are escaping the increasing
violence in Iraq. A clergyman was kidnapped and killed in response to the pope’s declarations against
Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...