Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Colin
Powell wants his administration to convince the leaders of the Islamic world that the education
offered by schools in the Muslim world does not suit our times and undermines peace and security.
He claims that such education teaches students the worse terms in religion and the most hateful...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Mahdi Akef
rejects the projects of change that come from abroad, stressing that change that is effected by
force or top level decision will have a limited effect. “Solutions imported from abroad will not
solve our problems,” Akef said.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
It appears that there is a plan
by the authorities to crack down on the members to restrict their participation in meetings
abroad. The rate of the bans on travel of Brotherhood members increased dramatically since
Muhammad Mahdi Akef was appointed supreme guide of the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
The “secret division” or the military wing of the
Brotherhood was founded by Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. The secret
division was meant to defend it [the group] against competing parties and to counter the British
occupation of Egypt at the time. But Abdel Rahman El...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Hassan El Banna, along with other Islamized people, started his
journey towards terrorism by confusing between jihad as an Islamic obligation and terrorism as a
means of terrifying Muslims and shedding blood.
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi
confirmed that the veil is an Islamic obligation and whoever denies it is considered an apostate.
During the meeting of the head authority of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and
Relief, he said that dealing with the French veil ban...
Date of source:
The article is an interview with Dr. Nadia
Mustafa, professor of International Relations, head of the Center for Political Research and head
of the Program for Dialogue between Civilizations at Cairo University. Dr. Mustafa admits our
society’s need for renewing the religious discourse and she...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The
author discusses the issue of the renewal of [Islamic] religious discourse through the opinions
of Muslim scholars and thinkers on the issue.
The author presents the views of the Grand
Imam of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyed, Dr. Kamal Abu Al-Magd, Abdel Sabour Marzouq, deputy head of
the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
This file is about the Muslim Brotherhood. It contains a
number of articles on the Brotherhood that discuss the future awaiting them, the problems of
transforming into a party, changes within the group and other issues.