Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
Ahmad Hamroush comments on interviews with the new supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood,
Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, which occupied much of the Egyptian press. In light of the history of this
group, the writer deduces the attitudes of the new leader towards aggressive attacks and
assassinations.
Date of source: Saturday, January 31, 2004
The article is a
commentary by a reader on an article published in Rose Al-Youssef about life in America. The
author of the article [commented on] wrote about life in America after a short visit. Bakhum [the
author of this article] explains that the person who America for a short time cannot...
Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2004
The article is an interview with the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazi. He criticizes the campaign of takfir [accusation of being an apostate] that he is suffering at the hands of an Egyptian paper.
Hegazi comments that the problem of accusations of takfir results from the fact that we are not...
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2004
The pastor
of the Prince of Peace Church in Ohio, Rev. Richard Arko, was arrested by the police and charged
with selling and distributing drugs. Many Americans refused to believe that the accusation was
true.
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2004
The article is about the movie "The Passion of Christ,” which is about to be shown in
theaters all over the world. The movie is causing a fuss because it once again poses the question
of who killed Christ and whether the Jews are responsible for his death.
Some people
protested the story of the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
A special
version of the book containing the Gnostic scriptures was released in the United States in
English, translated from Coptic in 1977. Later a public version was released in 1981 under the
name of “Nag Hammadi library.” The book contains 47 pieces including a paper by Plato. The...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
Al-
Qaradāwī has been able to establish himself as a prominent Islamic thinker in the last
few years. In all his books, al-Qaradāwī raised some heated arguments in his opinions
concerning misyar marriage, banning veils in France, etc.
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The newspaper of Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, affiliated with the National Democratic Party launched an extremist attack on Egyptian intellectuals, describing them of being unbelievers and apostates.
Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, secretary general of the media [secretariat] at the National Democratic Party...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Some
newspapers act as mouthpieces of extremism, following an approach that totally contradicts with
the approach of the [political] parties [with which these papers affiliate]. These newspapers
turned their back on the country as well as on the values of citizenship. They distribute...