Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
The author examines the Egyptian parliament’s seemingly
new interest in sectarianism, and argues
that they should not focus on a mere movie, the Da Vinci Code, but should
address conspiracies that threaten
Islamic-Christian co-existence.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
The
author criticizes the Minister of Endowment’s decisions
to nationalize the call to prayer, optional prayers during
Ramadān and religious discourse.
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
Fine arts raise good taste, Shaykh Muhammad Abdou, the former Egyptian muftī said. They are not sinful, but useful. The writer says at the beginning of the 20th century Muslims in Egypt and Arab world were able to practice all arts with freedom.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf publishes a letter sent in by member of the
Bar Association,
lawyer Muntasir al-Zayyāt, commenting on a news item published by the newspaper on June 26,
2006, which
linked al-Zayyāt’s participation in the Zamālik Sporting Club coming elections to al-
Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Lawyer of
al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya and member of the
Bar Association, Muntasir al-
Zayyāt, has recently announced his intention to take part in the coming
elections for the Zamālik
Sporting Club, scheduled to be held on August 11, 2006.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2006 to Friday, June 30, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the Muslim dress code for men and women, arguing that proving the dress covers the awra, those parts of the human body that Islam has decreed should not to be revealed except to spouses and immediate family members, is indeed an Islamic costume.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author asserts that women, who are hiding their faces or hair, are actually hiding their natural identity, which was given to them by God.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author reviews a book made by Egyptian famous intellectual Sa‘īd ‘Ashmāwī, in which he tackled the hijāb issue and other controversial issues related mainly to Muslims’ clothes.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The author
reviews the opinion of a committee of the Azhar to ban the
publicizing of adultery-related cases amidst
outcry from media professors who assert that such a ban has not
prevented adultery in other countries.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Superstition and swindling is
obvious in the teachings of Amr Khālid.
He is a mere narrator, who perfects the art of acting in his
address. According to the author this is not
religion.Old scholars warn of narration in the name of
religion.