Date of source: Saturday, November 12, 2005
The author is surprised at the silence of the Azhar after Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten printed 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that many Muslims considered offensive.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The author argues that not enough is being done to translate Arabic works into English, helping to introduce Westerners to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2005
The lawyers defending Egyptian Jihād leader’s ‘Abboud al-Zumur and Tāriq al-Zumur have criticized the state’s policy of releasing some detained leaders of Islamic movements while continuing to detain others.
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The press report that the Muslim Brotherhood have spent 28 million LE on election propaganda, and that their slogan, ’Islam is the solution’, is simply used to avoid providing detailed solutions to Egypt’s problems.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
The author poses a number of conspiracy theories, raising suspicions about the role of the West in recent events in the Arab world, such as the assassination of Rafīq al-Harirī and the sectarian disturbances in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
Dr. Abu Zayd is to fly to Germany soon to receive the Ibn Rushd award for his works that have helped to bridge the gap between Islamic and modern thought.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
A few days ago, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī issued a decision barring 15,000 American books from the American University in Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
The author argues that lying is a social defect that is widespread in Egyptian society. Psychologists ascribe this phenomenon to the injustice and oppression that characterized certain decades in the Egyptian history.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2005
The Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies (ICDS), headed by Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, has failed to link 10 local human right organizations into the new network for development and democracy.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A press release from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo concerning rumors around the demonstrations in central Cairo.
Rose al-Yousuf pays tribute to Father Matta al-Miskīn, spiritual father of the Anbā Maqqār Monastery.