Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
The family of Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza, imprisoned in Britain on charges of inciting to murder, said Hamza’s cry at night is in prayers and Qur’ān recitation, not in regret of things he did that led him to jail, reported British newspaper The Sun.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 2, 2005
All the attempts to ignite sectarian problems to undermine national unity were sure doomed to failure.
Although the Copts, out of an entrenched sense of belongingness, have always rejected colonialist intrigues to strike at the very heart the country’s unity, some fanatics emerge from time to time...
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
There is nothing wrong, from a sharī‘a perspective, with football provided that players are not distracted from prayers on due time, students from studying or workers from seeking income to support their families, said Dr. Yousuf al-Qaradāwī, a celebrated Muslim cleric, in an interview.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Women have climbed the top of the political ladder in the Muslim world and occupied the posts of prime minister and judges, but so far the post of Muftī seems to be unattainable.
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
In the morning of March 3, 2005, representatives of six so-called civil society organizations led by “Ibn Sahioun” [Zion], known as Ibn Khaldoun Center’s Sacd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm flocked the premises of the US embassy in Cairo, waiting for a permission to meet with the U.S. high commissioner in Egypt...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
No doubt Dr. Sa‘d al – Dīn Ibrāhīm – Director of Ibn Khaldoun Center – is the guardian of the Egyptian foreign funding gate and the main sponsor of too many ill- reputed research centers. His experience with the year 2000 parliamentary elections can be the proof.
Date of source: Friday, March 4, 2005
The United States continued its interference in Egyptian affairs as US Ambassador in Cairo David Welch called for urgent financial reforms as a key step towards overall reform.
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Political, intellectual and religious freedoms fall within the very territory of the National Council for Human Rights, and that is why there should be calls for more powers for this council.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
All problems that Copts face pertain to the sovereignty over personal status laws. Are personal status laws within the jurisdiction of the State or the Church? The Church deems that it has the absolute right to manage the lives of its followers and the State believes that the Law should take...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
The North Cairo Court is now considering a dispute about a trade transaction viewed by many as strange because one of the parties to the legal dispute is Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark. Clergy are not supposed to conduct such translations.