Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2007
The article presents an interview with the director of Egypt’s branch of the Middle East
Christians Association [MECA] Dr. ‘Ādil Fawzī, who has been detained for three months on charges
of offending Islam and having a gun with no license.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá refuses claims being widely promoted in
media that Coptic expatriates in West have been consistently conspiring against Egypt’s interests, calling upon
Coptic organizations abroad to adopt a developmental agenda inside the country.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
‘Ādil al
-Darjalī reported on the statements of the lawyer of Islamic groups Muntaṣir al-Zayyāt about Islamists
using Fatwás permitting the killing of civilians to justify their violent deeds.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, justified the ministry’s cooperation with
security bodies in appointing Muslim preachers by saying that the ministry wants to be sure that the appointed men
of religion are reputable.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2007 to Friday, November 16, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf
magazine devoted a 15-page file to discuss the recent ’fearful’ phenomenon that spread like wildfire in
governmental hospitals where a high percentage of nurses turned to wear the Niqāb.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2007
Numayrī Shūmān reports on a decision
of a nuns’ school administration to ban female students from wearing Ḥijāb at school, which made a
number of parents to file complaints against the decision.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2007
Charles
Fū’ād al-Misrī interviewed Dr. Aḥmad Subḥī Manṣūr, head of the Qur’ānists group, on his
life and activities in the U.S. as well as his some decade-old conflict with the Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Muḥammad
Khalīl reports on the repercussions to a recent Fatwá prohibiting Muslim men from marrying Jewish
women residing in Israel.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
al-Bannā criticizes Retrospectivism
and Salafism as flaws in the Islamic Da‘wá that hinder the progress of Muslims and
Islam. He also doubts the reliability of many of the Ḥadīths.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
The author, Hānī Labīb, praises untraditional thoughts of
the moderate Islamic thinker Mr. Jamāl al-Bannā on issues of the relations between Islam and politics.