Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2007
al-Sayyid Yāsīn discusses the impact of what he calls the ‘jurisprudence of backwardness’ on the features of every-day life of Islamic societies. He believes that the impact of such narrow-mindedness in applying the Islamic Sharī‘ah affected almost all socio-political, economic and cultural aspects...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Shaymā’ ‘Abd al-Laṭīf interviewed Dr. Muṣṭafá al-Shak‘ah, member of the Islamic Research Academy, on Islamic-related issues such as his opinion on the recent controversial Fatwás, the role of the academy in censoring books, and the recent calls to purify religious books from weak Ḥadīths.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article considers the role of Copts in politics and parliament. He questions why so few Copts ever attain political appointments, and presents the viewpoints of those who believe the Copts already play an adequate role in parliament, and those who believe that further involvement is necessary.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article discuses the Muslim Brotherhood and their involvement in the political spectrum in Egypt, particularly in the recent Shūrá Council’s elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The recently announced introspections of the Jihād Islamic group revived discussions about the 10-year old revisions of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. On the tenth birthday of the group’s inspections, Muntasir al-Zayyāt announced the establishment of a new political party. Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The following article presents an overview of the Annual Anglican-Al Azhar Interfaith Meeting that implicitly dealt with dialogue and means of furthering it. Wisam al-Deweny provides her input on the subject, and recommends means of improving this dialogue in the future.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī, the long-lasting and ever defender of President Mubārak and of the regime, filed a communiqu? with the Public Prosecutor against Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm accusing him of damaging Egypt’s interests.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The author discusses the “much-need” unified law for building houses of worship and the difficulties that it is facing in parliament. He highlights some human rights organization’s agenda for the law.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Ṭal‘at Jār Allāh believes the state’s rejection of Pope Shenouda nominations for the Shūrá Council’s elections was a letter to the Copts who wish to integrate into political life to stay away from the church and to separate religion and politics.
Date of source: Thursday, June 28, 2007
The final version of the Jihād introspection book was approved by the Azhar. The introspections will be annexed to the other two books of the ideologue of the Islamic groups, Imām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, who apologized for all killings committed based on his previous books and stressed the importance of...