Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Heads of political parties unanimously agreed that legitimacy is the basic criterion for participation in the opposition bloc.
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Rifa'at Al-Sa'id, the head of the Tagammu Party, stressed that many reasons led to the exclusion of the Brotherhood from the dialogue among opposition parties.
Al-Sa'id noted that participants in the meetings of opposition parties unanimously rejected the creation of a political party that...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
The controversial question of whether the Brotherhood should be included in the [national] dialogue is now being debated, especially after the ruling [National Democratic] Party has brought up again the idea of national dialogue. Will this national dialogue be exclusive to opposition parties or it...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Habib, the first deputy of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide, accused the National Democratic Party of being behind the exclusion of the Brotherhood from the opposition bloc. Habib refused to speak critically of Dr. Rifa'at Al-Sa'id, the head of the Tagammu Party in order not to terminate...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Last Wednesday, the Human Rights and Democracy Office, affiliated with the US Department of State released the International Religious Freedom Report of 2004. The report includes 13 pages about Egypt. We are publishing [an Arabic translation of] the text of the report.
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
It is now certain that the fans of the renowned Qur'an reciter Muhammad Gebril will be deprived of the pleasure of listening to his prayers and recitals during Ramadan. Gebril was notified that he would not be able to lead prayers at the mosque of Amr Ibn Al-'As during the last ten days of Ramadan...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Dr. Ahmed Kamal Abu Al-Magd, former Egyptian Minister of Information and the general commissioner for dialogue of civilizations at the Arab League, called for applying the ethical values preached by the three heavenly [monotheistic] religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism, in order to oppose...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
In a muffled battle, some books with various names are introduced as new gospels. Other books are released soon after to refute the authenticity of these gospels. The latest of these books carries the name “The Didache Gospel." The author of the book about this gospel, Dr. Ahmed Hegazi Al-Saqa,...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
I believe that the author of this article titled “Corruption in expatriate churches” was either motivated by spitefulness or seeking to blackmail the Church. Regrettably, Sawt Al-Umma welcomed this author and offered him one half of a page to voice his ungrounded accusations and insults. Articles...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Did Jews suffer from persecution in the Islamic World? Dr. Zebida Muhammad Ata answers this question in her book titled Yahoud Al-Alam Al-Arabi…Daawa Al-Itehad [The Jews of the Arab World…Claims of Persecution]. Dr. Ata’s book responds to the accusations Jews have directed to the Islamic Shari’a of...