Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
Studying violence in the Egyptian society has become a necessity, particularly after law twisting, corruption and hooliganism ran rampant, said Maj. Gen. Ahmad Fakhr, head of the board of trustees of the International Center for Future & Strategic Studies (ICFS).
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
“See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.” [Chapter of al-Isrā’ (The Night Journey) 17: 21, The Meaning of the Holy Qurā’n by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall].
This verse dismisses preferment of the creation on the...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
In her weekly article in al-Usbou‘, Dr. Karīmān Hamza called Egyptian Copts “the happiest minority in the world.” A week later, Mr. Nabīl cUmar wrote about the same subject in Sawt al-Umma. After I had read these two articles I could not restrain myself from feeling angry not because I am...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
In his book Shāhid ‘Ala Waqf al-‘Unf: Tahawwulāt al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya fī Misr [A witness to halting violence: shifts of al- Jamā‘a Islāmīya in Egypt], writer ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī detects the inspiration of al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
In a meeting with a delegation from the Egyptian-German Dialogue committee, Minster of Endowments [Awqāf], Dr. Muhammad Hamdī Zaqzouq, contended that terrorism is an international phenomenon that has nothing to do with religion.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
Islam, as the religion that completed all heavenly messages, has established a basis of relationship between all human beings regardless of their beliefs.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
I recently watched a very interesting film called Film Thaqāfī [An educational film]. The film tackled the issue of the difficulties that the youth now face in getting married.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
Al-Musawwar magazine is publishing excerpts from Fathī Ghānim’s novel Bint min Shubrā [a girl from Shubrā], whose adaptation as a TV series drew recent controversy, prompting the Minister of Information to refer the TV drama to the Azhar and St. Mark Cathedral for religious evaluations.
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
Copts in Egypt are complaining about the organized separation, discrimination, and exclusion that they are facing. Egyptian officials maintain that no problem exists.
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
Earlier this month, as Egypt’s police celebrated their day, President Hosni Mubarak honored 103 policemen and officers for distinguished performance on duty. Only one – who had lost his life in action – was Copt, meaning that Copts measured 0.97 per cent of the honorees.