Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Faction leaders of the fundamentalist Jihād Organization are working on an initiative to cease all violence. The ideologue of the Jihād Organization, Sayyid Imām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, finished his new book of rules and asked for a million British pounds for a five-year contract to publish and translate...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
Dr. Ahmad Al-Raysouni, scholar on the fundamentals of Islamic fiqh, researched the concept of majority rule in Islam and what the Shari’a says about this issue. He says in the introduction to his research that there is no straightforward statement [in the Qur’an] that tells Muslims to follow the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
Concerning the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian political arena, the confusion the outlawed group is going through is easily sensed. Obviously, this confusion is reflected in all of its decisions, namely those related with escalations against the ruling regime.
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A statement from the Ministry of Interior said that Hasan Ra’fat Bashandī, who carried out the suicide bombing of Jawhar al-Qā’id Street in the al-Azhar area, was just a member of a four-man terrorist cell. That cell recruited and trained him and prepared the home-made explosive device used in the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Transcribed by: Susan Richards-BensonThe following present a transcript of an interview with Tarek Heggy. Heggy discusses a number of issues, centered around his controversial article ‘If I were a Copt.’ He comments on current events in Egypt and the Arab world, and present his opinion on issues...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Muḥammad al-Dusūqī Rushdī reports on the Islamic opinion of Murtadds. Dr. Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī believes that Riddah is one of the most serious dangers that threaten Islam. “Riddah threatens the spirituality of Muslims,” al-Qaradāwī said. He also differentiated between two kinds of Riddah: the heavy...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Mulhim al-‘Isawī writes a feature about Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī. Al-‘Isawī investigates al-Qaradāwī’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, provides a brief biography and some of al-Qaraḍāwī’s most notable Fatwás, his attacks on the Azhar, and support for Ḥizb Allāh.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author highlights Coptic antiquities and art, and their contribution to history.
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2007
Sectarian violence rocked the Egyptian village of Bimhā, Giza, sparked by Muslim’s anger over alleged Coptic plans to build a church. Violence left 11 Copts injured and 30-Christian owned homes and businesses damaged.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
During the Egyptian Association for Dialogue’s conference, Muslim scholars welcomed decreeing a law to organize the construction of houses of worship using equal standards in Egypt.