Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has rejected accusations of being a terrorist group, stressing its desire to serve Egypt’s interests and to achieve security and
stability in the country.
- See art. 6: Who rules the Azhar…the Grand Imam or the US ambassador?!
- See art. 12: Sectarian strife or...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
Sat-7, a satellite channel targeting Christian viewers made a
clarification saying that it does not air the program “Questions in Faith,” which outlines the
difference in faith between Christianity and Islam. The program is actually aired on Hayat TV.
The following day Pope Shenouda appeared on...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2004
For several decades, the term “sectarian strife” has been used to describe the clashes between some fanatic Muslims and Christians, especially in the poor villages of Upper Egypt. However,
these incidents were the result of combined cultural, economic and social factors.
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
The monaqaba dropped the complaint she filed against the
prominent TV preacher. This came after the preacher called her last Saturday and promised to do
whatever she asked, including marrying her. This marriage signifies that the sheikh confessed
that all that she said in the complaint was true...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Murad Hoffman, a
prominent German diplomat who embraced Islam several years ago. The interview includes Dr.
Hoffman’s views of Islam, its distorted image and Islam in the West.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
Sawt Al-Umma published a false statement that was attributed to engineer Michael
Mounir, president of the U.S. Copts Association, saying that the association asked the U.S. to
occupy Egypt militarily.
The newspaper has published a provocative reportage titled
“Coptic émigrés are asking for the...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
Magdi Khalil [see AWR, 2004. week 49, art. 7] argues, that the Muslim Brotherhood only uses democratic procedures as methods to obtain their aim, the political power of the country. He assumes that after having taken power, they would then reject the democratic system in their political life...
Date of source: Friday, February 27, 2004
Now, the most widespread accusation, which is also the most wrongly used one, is the accusation
of anti-Semitism.
Gamal Himdan, an anthropologist, who wrote a book about the
anthropology of the Jews explained that the Jews could be classified into more than one race all
over the world. So he...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
In 1989,
the Coptic Museum in Cairo began a project to restore icons in cooperation with the Dutch Susanna
Skalova. The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Supreme Council of Antiquities have also begun a big
project, funded by an American research center, to count and study more than 2000 icons.
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2004
In 1951, while he was still a deacon, Pope Shenouda III wrote an article in
Madāris al-Ahad [Sunday School] magazine expressing his stance against joining the World
Council of Churches (WCC).