Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
Some Egyptians have filed lawsuits against the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī calling for his dismissal for his "unacceptable" opinions about the hijāb in France and his position regarding the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article
deals with the shift in US policy from their rejection of dialogue
with Islamists to their welcoming them in
power, as a way to guarantee that American interests in the area remain
intact.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
A professor of American
studies at the AUC says that the United States is using Islamists
only to maintain its own interests and claims
that the US wants a kind of Islam that goes along with
American policies, particularly as far as Israel is
concerned.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with ‘Amr Khālid and a long news feature about him published by
The New
York Times by a Jewish researcher, Samantha Shapiro, who allegedly has close relations to
him. The article
also discusses the popularity he enjoys in US circles for representing a form of Islam
that can...
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with the ideologies of a group of Muslims who call themselves "the Qur’ānites" who believe only in the Qur’ān and deny the sunna [the Prophet Muhammad’s tradition] altogether.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
A lot of social troubles face the Egyptian government.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
A US
delegation of journalists and media representatives has paid secret visits "“ upon the Americans’ request "“
to the headquarters of al-Misrī al-Yawm and met with Muslim Brotherhood member
‘Isām al-‘Iryān and Ibn Khaldoun Center chief Sa‘d al-Dīn
Ibrāhīm.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
A forum in Alexandria held by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called for a law organizing the work of NGOs and unified legislation on the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author reviews a session in the 3rd NCHR conference that focused on the issue of citizenship rights and the need to work out ways to avoid the occurrence of bloody incidents like those in Alexandria.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The
author speaks in this article about a
religious revival in Germany and the relationship between the
secularist society there and religious
institutions.