Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The Washington conference gathered guests from more than 15 countries from the Middle East, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, and the author argues that it was an important event that brought together disparate minorities from the Middle East and allowed them to forge new alliances.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Owner of a number of Islamic educational centers and websites, Ahmad Mahmoud ‘Abd Allāh, better known as Abu Islām, has been arrested on charges of religious hatred and inciting sectarian sedition and is thought to be linked to the riots in Alexandria in October.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The Director of the Amnesty Spanish branch, Esteban Beltran said that Bagram, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, Abu Gharīb Prison in Iraq and the U.S. Guantanamo base in Cuba are the sites of human rights violations committed by the "the largest democracy in the world.”
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2005
Last November, al-Qā‘ida published a statement on the Internet warning Europe and the United States that the new soldiers of the group were born to kill. Most surprisingly, al-Qā‘ida has made it clear that its new members are native Europeans "of European and Christian parents.”
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The author examines the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, the way in which the American administration’s focus on democracy has benefited the group in Egypt and the dangers of abrupt political reform.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
A summary of articles about a controversial document attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which bodes no good for the future of the Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2005
The author discusses the issues that have been addressed at Muslim summits of the past and suggests that Muslim leaders have neglected the truly important issue: poverty in the Muslim world.
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Yousuf Sidhom writes about the Washington conference, whose resolutions have prompted a varied response within Egypt, with some calling the conference an act of treachery, and others attempting to understand the reasons for such a gathering.
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
A review of articles concerning the Washington Conference of expatriate Copts, which the Egyptian press has tended to view as a U.S. / Zionist / expatriate Coptic attempt to attack Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
Shoura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sharīf has received an official notice from lawyer Nabīh al-Wahsh calling for denying the Bahā’is any chance to set up a political party in Egypt.