Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2005
Reports about the American desecration of the Qur'ān, Muslims' holy book, in the United States' detention camp of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This stirred the angry sentiments of Muslims all over the world.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
The author criticizes the state’s emergency law, in effect for nearly 25 years, which has helped the state impose its repressive authority on the people and silence opposition parties and views deemed as violating the ordinary permitted framework.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Destour published a text of extremists calling for the death of three Coptic businessmen which led to the subsequent closure of the newspaper and a discussion in the Egyptian press on the (limits of the) freedom of the press. In this week’s translation only the text of the statement of the...