Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
The Head of the Department of Transport and Bridges Equipment in Cairo was arrested together with his wife for forming a group promoting ideas against Islam. He issued a fatwa to his followers that they were not obliged to pray in the direction of the Kiblah while performing prayers. He also denied...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001 to Friday, October 19, 2001
Bin Laden and his terrorist followers, who escaped from Egypt, imagined that Egypt could be a stage for their malicious operations. Their first target was to strike the symbols of the state, the cultured and the intellectuals, and to create a moral dread within Egyptians. Their second target was...
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
In response to the U.S. State Department report citing discrimination against the approximately 700,000 Shiites in Egypt, the author reviews the situation of Shiites in Egypt and Sunni-Shiite relations in general.
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2005
It is not about defending the terrorist Ashraf Sa‘īd Yousuf, but rather about defending [the human being] Ashraf who was born and died in miserable inhuman conditions. He was a “citizen” who had always lived on the peripheries of society and ended up dying shamefully
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2005
Woman’s rights from the Islamic perspective is a controversial issue. This issue was misused by fanatics who want to prevent her to go to work. They also belittle her natural and intellectual faculties.On the other hand, the secularists exploited this issue, calling for the emancipation of women...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
Khaled El Guindi dealt with story of the sheikh who allegedly seduced monaqabate [Muslim
women wearing a niqab] in two completely contradicting approaches. He told me that he was furious
over what the sheikh did. But he changed his words when he was faced with an audience and
readers: He...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
The unique religious, historical and political site, located inside the Muqattam cliff, began ten centuries ago as the church of Saint Samaan [Simon], and developed into a monastery and eight churches. Stories told describe the appearance of the Virgin Mary, and how the whole cliff was moved from...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2000
After the crisis around Haider’s novel "A Banquet for Seaweed" developed fast, the fire also spread inside the Labor Party itself. The bomb exploded in the hand that carried it. Internal conflicts sparked in the party including the conflict over its presidency.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2000
Proposals have been put forward by a number of mediators suggesting compromise and an end to the current dispute within the party. The article mentions that party members do show much enthusiasm for assuming its leadership.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2000
Mahmoud Salah wrote in the weekly magazine’s section, "Thoughts of the Week," about how the Egyptian people continue with their normal lives and daily routines following the decision taken by the Committee of Party’s Affairs to close down Al-Shaab newspaper.