Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
Al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī hosted the
Islamic intellectual Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn, Professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Dār al-‘Uloum, Cairo
University, in its first intellectual forum [or panel].
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
Several chants and slogans in the
history of Egypt and the world affirm that demonstrations are an art of politics and a means to bring pressure on the
decision-makers and those in authority.
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2005
Watani is printing a
monthly series on the history of the Egyptian people—as opposed to the widely known ‘official’ history of the rulers of
Egypt. The first episode of the series demonstrated that ancient Egyptians were a mixture of both Hamite and Shemite races.
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
A Christian wife, Qatqouta, found out that
her husband, a lawyer, is married to someone else. She filed a lawsuit to request the cancellation of her marriage for it no
longer complies with precepts of the Christianity that forbids polygamy.
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
A Copt faked a
death certificate for his first wife in order to marry the second. It was not until he tried faking his new wife’s bank
account, that his secret was unveiled.
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2005
Some 240 homes in Egypt meet
their waterloo on a daily basis as women get their divorce rulings in courts every six minutes while five million women are
not aware they are divorced, according to the figures of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
(CAPMAS).
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Emigrant Copts alleged 19-year-old Christian girl, Nivīn Māhir was forced to convert to
Islam. They went as far as inciting the Copts of Egypt to manifest in every possible peaceful way; hunger strikes, marching
in protests in front of international organizations, the Republican Palace, the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
Dr. Murad
Wilfried Hofmann converted to Islam as a result of what he witnessed in the Algerian War of Independence. He authored several
books on Islam, including Journey to Makkah and Islam: The Alternative. Many of his books and essays focus on Islam’s place
in the West and, after September 11...
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
Tāriq Ramadān, grandson of late Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Bannā, has urged freezing capital
punishment in Islam like stoning and decapitation.
Ramadān also urged the mobilization of Muslims worldwide to ask
their governments to stop applying the hudoud, alleging the application...
Date of source:
A late bid by the German cultural center in Cairo was
really a model of how to materialize the recommendations involved in this agenda. Four Egyptians and four Germans were
handpicked for an overall dialogue. Religion and its duties, impact and interpretations were the focal point of the meeting...