Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Dr. Moussa Hawamda, a
Jordanian poet, has become very famous in the last five years after the recent campaign against
his collection of poems My Trees Are Higher issued in fall 1999. Moussa Hawamda who was brought
before the Jordanian court five years ago and then sentenced to six months...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
Last week’s conference held by the Ibn Khaldoun Center
for Development Studies on "Islam and reform" has triggered a deep crisis between the Center and
Grand Imam of the Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi following his remarks hitting at the
conference.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
Young researcher Hussam Tamam said in one of the most
significant studies on the international Muslim Brotherhood that the organization is heading
towards a comprehensive collapse due to a number of blows it has recently received.
Al-Usboa
newspaper reviews the research.
- See art. 19: US's...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
The heated
controversy in Egypt over the statements of the writer Usama Anwar Okasha has been escalated. In
a press article, Okasha attacked the Companion of the Prophet Amr Ibn Al-‘As and made some
accusations against him, which some people considered an insult to Amr Ibn Al-‘As.
- See art. 7...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The article is a sarcastic criticism of the latest statement of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim in which
Dr. Ibrahim warned Arab masses that standing helpless before tyrant regimes will lead to military
invasion of their countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Jizya is an issue that needs to be discussed and
decided upon by religious scholars once and for all. It is unbelievable in this day and age that
some people still advocate taking Jizya from non-Muslims and humiliating them in the process.
Fortunately, some prominent scholars have taken the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
‘Sheikh’ Fahmi Huweidi, says in one of our major newspapers, “All the circumstances indicate
that the Israelis, not the Egyptian economy, are the target [of Taba attacks].” In that case we
have to give up our values and Egyptian human heritage in order to view the killing of Israeli
civilians as...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The International Relations Committee of the U.S. Congress sent a memorandum to the Egyptian
Ambassador in Washington requesting the return of American Zionist archeologist James Hoffmeier.
It is thus apparent that the High Council of Antiquities no longer administers Egyptian
monuments, but...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
In a fresh development of relations between
the Egyptian government and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, security authorities lifted a nine-
year travel ban slapped on the group’s Supreme Guide Muhammad Mahdi Akef, allowing him to leave
for an omra [lesser pilgrimage.]
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2004
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Chairman of Ibn Khaldoun Center, could have been the best
contemporary sociologist known during the final quarter of the twentieth century, but it seems
his talent and academic adeptness were functioning as keys for political fame.