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Arab intellectual Prince al-Hassan Bin Talāl said the Arab revolutions embody the will of the peoples, adding autocracy has kept the dream of Arabism at bay.

"I would agree with the Shaykh of the Azhar in his talk about civil state and I would even wish Islamists to return and lead the intellectual movement worldwide," said Prince Hassan in an interview to Ahmad al-Muslimānī's al-Tab'ah al-Ūlá (First Edition) TV show.

He said that the political Islam will never be flourishing before poverty is eliminated, calling for a global fund to be established exclusively for zakāh (alms) money.

Prince Hassan noted that arms and oil sales are what preoccupy the region, dismissing remarks that Arab countries are the richest and poorest in the same time.

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Tensions are developing following the Civil Status Department's refusal to renew a number of priests' children's national identity cards under their fathers' clerical names. Legal Adviser to the Church, Najīb Jibrā'īl, says that he has spoken to Anwar Islam, Deputy Assistant to the Minister of Justice, and will send in a memorandum requesting the issue be resolved.

Key Words: Civil Status Department - Najīb Jibrā'īl - Anwar Islam - Ministry of Justice

Wā’il Lutfī discusses the fatwà issued by Dr. Muhammad Shawqī al-Fanjarī about zakāh for oil production.

The author reviews a book about the future of Islam by ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Sharaī. While al-Sharafī calls to adapt Islam to modernism, Hoffmann refutes al-Sharafī’s argument, anticipating that Islam will prevail in the whole world, and Muslim Westerners shoulder the responsibility of spreading and reserving Islam in Europe and the world.

The article discusses the Muslim Brotherhood’s new political platform.

Some churches in Western countries send missions to poor Islamic countries in what appears to be a merciful act but they are actually taking advantage of and abusing these societies in order to Christianize them.

Muḥammad Ḥijāzī’s conversion has sparked protests in both religious and social milieus; the issue has also affected the political situation. In a display of compassion for Ḥijāzī, a demonstration was held in Italy that called for greater respect of religious freedom in Egypt.

The author talks about Muslims and Christians’ alms money and about what he called the "phenomenon of begging" in Egypt.

President Mubārak said "if the Brotherhood ascends to power, they will never leave it" should not have been made by a president. He has no documents or evidence to substantiate his claims, said Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, in an interview.

al-Qāhirah newspaper published Jamāl al-Bannā’s study about the Islamic ruling system during and after the Prophet Muhammad and his companions.