Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
There are about ten thousand
religions all over the world. This article ranks
them in terms of number of religious adherents and describes where
the majority of each religion is to be
found.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The Supreme Council for Antiquities (S.C.A.) is investigating
foreign
excavation missions working in Egypt after the release of a book titled ‘Israel in Sinai’ by an American
archaeologist currently carrying out research in Sinai.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The author praises Pope Shenouda III for all his
efforts to establish peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The author
discusses Bishop Yūhannā al-
Naqyūsī’s historical account of the seventh century
Arabian conquest of Egypt and refutes the claims
mentioned either by him or the Abyssinian translator about the
brutality of the Arabs when they entered
Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
This
report, written by several authors, deals with the beginning and
remarkable events in the life of the founder of
the Muslim Brotherhood and its first murshid, Hasan
al-Bannā. He still has a strong ideological
influence on this most prominent political group.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
This article discusses violence in Islam from the Caliph ‘Uthmān Ibn
‘Ufān to
the Muslim Brotherhood. Religion and holy texts have been taken as pretexts to commit
murder in the name of
God and Islam.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2006
This article explains that an Islamic caliphate
does
not have to be perfect, but can start with “deficiencies” that take into account the modern era.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
This article describes how political Islam is trying to move forward from
its
violent past and look like a civilized movement in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Following a
series
of controversial statements that aroused the anger of many Egyptians, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood,
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, was recently quoted as allegedly inciting the murder
of Arab leaders
during an interview with a national newspaper.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2006
The author criticizes statements made by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī in
which the Muslim cleric tries to acquit the Muslim Brotherhood of crimes attributed to them by saying that
the only
act of violence the group was involved in was the assassination of judge al-Khāzindār.