Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah revealed its new political ideology to
reject using violence against society. The group is due to hold meetings with its leaders as the government
releases its members from prisons.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
While the Jamā‘ah al-
Islamīyah called for legislative means to
release Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al-
Rahmān, al-Qā‘idah called for
the kidnapping of American diplomats to achieve this goal.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
Nabīl Zakī analyses human rights
violations committed by Egyptian police.
Date of source: Friday, July 25, 1997
Subtitles:Your writings tear the nation into pieces and stir up sectarian strife.The Taggamo party deserted its duty and turned into a sectarian party.I don’t defend Copts only. In fact I am defending all Egyptians.I refused to give an emigrant Copts a document that could be used to insinuate that...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The author highlights the recent meeting of Jamā‘a
Islāmiya, which decided to select Karam Zuhdī as the successor to the group’s founder
‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān in case the latter dies in prison.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2005
In a statement published yesterday on al-Jamā‘ah al-
Islāmīyah’s website, the group denied any links to al-Qā‘idah¸ indicating that
Dr. Ayman al-Zawāhirī’s recent videotaped message about the alleged union between some members
of the group and al-Qā‘idah "contradicts reality."
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
The Shūrá Council discussed two electoral systems,
seeking to find a suitable system that can be implemented in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The author criticizes calls made by Islamic writer Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra for the return of an Islamic caliphate under the Muslim Brotherhood. He cites opinions by some scholars who argue that the caliphate belongs only to the history books and can never be applied in contemporary times.
Date of source: Thursday, July 13, 2006
This review deals with the controversy still blazing over the split of
clergyman Max Michel from the mother Coptic Orthodox Church, and his establishment of Qur’ān independent church and a
holy synod for Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
The author criticizes the Muslim Brotherhood’s
slogan
"Islam is the Solution" and describes it as being deceptive. He believes it does not reflect the ideology of
the group and calls for a new form of Islamic discourse.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The ordination of a priest in
‘Udaysāt might open the door to a new wave of sectarianism. Hanī al-A‘sar
investigates the surrounding circumstances.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
During his visit to Egypt last week, former prime minister of The
Netherlands, Prof. Andreas Van Agt, gave a lecture entitled, "Culture and business: The Netherlands as the
gateway to Europe,” at the Cairo International Lions Club. The lecture addressed the Palestinian-
Israeli
conflict and the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Mamdouh
Nakhla, head of the Al
-Kalīma Center for Human Rights, is participating with Muhammed al-Dirinī and
‘Aboud al-
Zumour in the authorship of a book entitled "The Hell Capital" about how Christians and
prisoners are treated in
Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak sent
yesterday his warm greetings to Pope
Shenouda III of Alexandria, patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and to
Egyptian Copts abroad, extending his best
wishes for Easter to all Orthodox churches.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
To revive the
Azhar, many professors and
scholars advocate choosing the shaykh of the Azhar by election
instead of appointment.
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt allowed veiled Muslim women who live in Western countries to remove their veil, if they found that it exposed them to danger or threatened their lives. This was as a result of the present circumstances Muslims are confronting in such countries as a reaction to the attacks in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Tal‘at Radwān, author of the article, reviews three books on political Islam by three different writers.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Discussion of a draft resolution being studied by an Egyptian human rights watchdog pertaining to the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
The conviction of a young journalist, Amīra Malash, in a libel suit has created uproar amongst the press and journalists and human rights activists have stood up defending freedom of expression.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Five–day visit of Prof. Dr. van Agt to Egypt in support of the development of CAWU.
The real test of freedom of thought.
The Holocaust denial of David Irving.