Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
This press review deals with the history of the al-
Tawhīd Wa al-Jihād organization,
which is blamed for the deadly bomb attacks on the tourist
resort of Dahab in Sinai that killed a number of
Egyptians and foreigners and wounded many others.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
The author says that chaos, nepotism and favoritism have become a
sad feature of
daily life in the Azhar’s religious institutes sector in Kafr al-Sheikh. The under-secretary
in Kafr
al-Sheikh [Reviewer: No name or ministry mentioned. Most probably of the Ministry of Awqāf
(Endowments)] uses...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Islam prescribes death penalty
for murder to alleviate the anguish of the relatives of the murdered person, the grand imām of
the
Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī says, explaining the reasons behind the
harsh
penalties imposed by Islam.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The author warns against what he calls a new phenomena called Islamophobia,
which started to spread in the
West after the September 11, 2001 attacks, noting that it will have repercussions in
the near future.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
A conference
recently held in Malaysia attended by fifty intellectuals discussed the
knowledge gap between the West and the
Muslim world and recommends thorough modernization.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The European Union was divided over the US-led war in Iraq, but
united against
Hamās, the former prime minister of The Netherlands, Prof. Andreas Van Agt said
yesterday in a
lecture at the Cairo International Lions Club.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Dr. Layla ‘Abd al-Majīd reports on a
Cairo
University conference dealing with the relationship between media and democracy and outlines her requirements
for democratic media.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The father of a Christian girl who disappeared from her home with a Muslim boy states that
he will accept her marriage or conversion, if she has chosen of her own free will, but he believes that she
may
have been brainwashed.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
A Christian man has stated
that he would even convert to Islam in
order to get his wife, who has converted to Islam, and daughter back.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Ayman al-Bishbīshī continues in the fifteenth episode of his series of
articles about “The
Future of Theocracy in Egypt.”