Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
Muslim Brotherhood members who attended a conference held by the Bar Association on the Iraqi issue focused on criticizing the policies of the government. They asked the government to stop enforcing the Emergency law and to make a comprehensive political reform that allows Islamists to practice...
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2003
The Supreme Council for the Custody of Ahl Al-bait [the family of the Prophet] will file a suit against the Sheikh of the Azhar claiming that the Azhar is a possession of the family of the Prophet that it wants to get back.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Israeli children´s books describe Arabs as rebellious murderers, predatory animals, worthless and despicable and describe Jews as courageous, strong and superior. They concentrate on the inevitability of war to secure the Israeli existence.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Al-Usbua´s reporting about US interference in Egyptian curricula is the result of polarization between US-government and Egyptian authors who no longer trust information of US government sources. These authors are basing their information on sources they trust but this may result in...
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar denies that Qur’anic Jew-related verses have been omitted from the educational curricula of the Azhar. He stresses that developing the Azhar curricula has nothing to do with the subjects related to legal sciences and that it is a change in the form and way of teaching and...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2005
Cultural plurality is thriving thanks to up-to-date technology and the use of the Internet.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Members of the People’s Assembly have warned that the government is turning a blind eye to the conspiracy being plotted by the American administration to abolish religious education.
Date of source: Thursday, August 11, 2005
Francis Ricciardone has asserted that his first priority as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt is to help the Egyptian people achieve democracy and freedom. Concerning official interference in the editing of school textbooks, the American ambassador confirmed that he will pressurize the Egyptian government...
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
The school textbooks of the Azhar, especially those of the secondary grade, were authored to make a thousand Bin Lādins instead of contemporary ‘ulamā’s who can stand up against terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.