Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Al-Sharq al-Awsat, page 7, April 7, 2011, claimed that a number of salfists blocked Saint John Association in al-Minya, where Copts used to pray. As a result hundreds of Copts protested in front the governorate headquarter.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The author presents the developmental stages of Islamic reformation, mentioning the related issues and problems.
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
In an interview with Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Hamdī Zaqzūq, Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Endowments], stressed that the cause of Jerusalem is an Islamic cause in the first place.
He stressed that his call to visit al-Aqsá Mosque emerged from his intention to assert the Islamic right to Jerusalem, denying...
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 2010
The Evangelical Church in Egypt strongly denounced the call of an American priest to burn the Qur’ān in the 8th anniversary of 9/11 in a statement issued yesterday.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
The author reports on the death of Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, the Muslim thinker. The author refers to the approach of Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, the Muslim thinker, in dealing with the Islamic issues and the Qurā’n.
Abū Zayd's sudden death prevented him from completing his reformative ideas with...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
The author highlights moderation and centrism in the Arab and Muslim countries. The author believes that those who preach moderation and centrism do not apply them in reality.
He gives a brief account of the two terms in the past centuries, and shows that the use of them has been controversial,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
The article highlights the disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt. From the outlook, it appears to be a similar scenario to that of Wafā’ Qustantīn’s, the priest’s wife who disappeared in 2004, as in Upper Egypt a 24-year-old priest’s wife suddenly disappeared .
Similarly, rumors spread...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Edward Cody, writer in the Washington Post, writes that the biggest winners of the [January] 25 revolution are the Salafists. He described them as Islamic fundamentalists who would like to see the strictest form of Islam applied to all of Egypt and across the Middle East.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Unknown persons broke into the house of Dr. Muhammad Badī', Muslim Brotherhood's Murshid [Guide], in Beni Suef governorate.
Burglars stole documents, CDs, Flash drives, and meat bags from the fridge.
Badī' accused State Security to be behind this.
According to the preliminary inspection, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2011