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21. The Egyptian Prosecution extends the imprisonment of 17 Brotherhood members
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By ‘Abduh Zayn
The Egyptian State Security Prosecution decided to extend the imprisonment of 17 Brotherhood members pending further investigation in two separate cases. The 17 members were arrested six months ago. They are charged with membership in a group established in violation of the law and the constitution...
22. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi at the Journalists´ Syndicate: Martyrdom operations are the greatest form of martyrdom, and Israel is a society of invaders that should be fought
Date of source: 11 Sep 2003
By ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī ʿUmrān
Subtitles: *Islam brings up a personality that is keen to defend his religion and homeland while the West wants a tamed Islam that bows its head to tyrants. *We are for the renewal of a religious discours that takes the fundamentals serious and goes along with the developments of this age....
23. Religious discourse…Renewing or squander
Date of source: 14 Sep 2003
By Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadil al-Qusi
The writer comments on the purpose behind the issue of religious discourse. He believes that some people want the renewal of the religious discourse based on Qur’an and Sunna while others are using this as a cover to squander the basis of the Islamic creed itself. Those who want to squander the...
24. Renewing religious discourse
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Jābir 'Asfūr
The author comments on the reasons why renewing religious discourse is needed and who are the persons to renew it. He also comments on the importance of renewing the religious political and social discourses in order to be able to renew the cultural discourse.
25. Religious varieties… Good or affliction
Date of source: 14 Sep 2003
By Muḥammad al-Tahlāwī
The writer begins his article by clarifying that the message of the seal prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) that is revealed by God to humanity is but an extent to the previous divine messages. It is neither invented, new, nor comes to ruin messages before it: "Say: I am no new thing among the messengers...
26. The Islam of the Egyptian high class
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Maī Samīr
The article is an overview of a reportage published in the French magazine "Le Express" about the Islam of the Egyptian high class. The magazine commented that the life of this class is scattered between the West and Arab culture and that this class cannot specify its direction in the light of the...
27. Are court verdicts more sacred than the Qur’an
Date of source: 16 Sep 2003
By Jamāl al-Bannā (Dr.)
Subtitles: *Freedom of expression, if empty of insults and blackmailing, permits criticizing the law and the constitution. *It is wrong to look at justice and judiciary as one thing because this means idolizing judges. The author of this article argues that court verdicts, even final ones, are...
28. A medical and fiqh based controversy concerning the fatwa given by the European Council for Fatwas that allows ending lives in [medical] hopeless cases
Date of source: 14 Sep 2003
By Muḥammad Khalīl
The fatwa that was issued by the European Council for Fatwas that allows the facilitating of death (killing for mercy) by stopping the devices of artificial animation (clinical death) caused a big debate among medical and religious circles in Egypt. All scholars, except Dr. Youssef El Qaradawi,...
29. Saluting the People of the Book [Jews and Christians]…Between right and wrong
Date of source: 11 Sep 2003
By Muhammad Abu Laylā
Al-Liwa al-Islami continues its campaign to confront attempts to distort the pure Sunna of the prophet and try to cast doubt on them. In this article Dr. Muhammad Abu Leila, dean of the faculty of Islamic studies in English at Azhar University, writes about the prophet’s hadith that says "do not...
30. A message for the President, Minister of Higher Education, and the Dean of Faculty of Al-Alsun…Heads of departments or callers for racism at Ain Shams University
Date of source: 11 Sep 2003
By Marqus ʿAzīz Khalīl (Father)
In the era of President Hosni Mubarak, we enjoy equality because he never discriminates between a Christian and a Muslim. Every person is free in his or her faith. I remember how Muslims and Christians faced the British occupation together during the revolution of 1919. They used to chant "Long...
31. Acquitting an honorable man
Date of source: 14 Sep 2003
By Yūsuf Sīdhum
[Editor: It is excellent Yousef Sidhom published so much of the letter of Father Athanasius. It, unfortunately, seems to reflect a tendency in which Christians rush to conclusions about discrimination or persecution while that was in fact not the case. The stories that are circulating about...
32. Copts are not isolated from society
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Najīb Ghubriyāl Najīb (Dr.)
[Editor: this article is a response to an earlier article. The response to the first article has all appearance of a deliberate misinterpretation of the first article. The response claims the fish is a symbol for a ’secret group.’ The first article is negative but does not claim it is a symbol for...
33. Father Marcos Aziz Khalil replies: The "fish" bomb is not true
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Marqus ʿAzīz Khalīl (Father)
[See the previous article in this issue and AWR, week 36, art. 28. This article is emotional and sarcastic. Sout Al-Umma published a provoking article in its last issue titled "the fish is a special symbol on the Copts’ cars only. It is a bomb that threatens the national unity". The article states...
34. Pope Shenouda to “Al-Usboa:” Dismissing ‘Arafat will explode the region and power is the way of truth
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Sanā’ al-Sa‘īd
In a significant statement to Al-Usboa, Pope Shenouda III went into many controversial issues. The Pope spoke about the policy of assassinations, destruction and Judaisation carried out by Israel in the Palestinian territories. Pope Shenouda stressed that Israel’s intention to exile Arafat is...
35. The Grand Imam stresses: The Azhar and the church are in complete harmony
Date of source: 12 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
In his reception of the delegation of the Evangelical Academy for Dialogue in Germany the Sheikh of the Azhar said that the Azhar rejects the theory of clashes between civilizations. He also stressed that Muslims and Christians in Egypt are living in peace and that there are no conflicts between...
36. A discourse against extremism. We cannot blame the West for their negative notion of Islam. We rather blame ourselves first
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By ‘Uthmān al-Rawwāf
The evil events of September 11 have been most harmful to Muslims. I think it is the best answer to the call of Bin Laden and Al-Zawahri last week. They called blatantly for continuing terrorism against the West and the Islamic societies and their institutions. The Qa’ida Organization has been so...
37. The Islamic World Union renews its condemnation of all forms of terrorism in the world and makes a revision of their past in commemoration of September 11
Date of source: 12 Sep 2003
By Badr al-Muṭawʿa
The Muslim World Union renewed its strong condemnation of terrorist actions the world has witnessed during the last years. In a new statement reviewing their past on the occasion of the second anniversary of the events of September 11, the Union, which was established in 1961, explained its role...
38. Meditations on the American attack on Islam
Date of source: 12 Sep 2003
By Muhammad ‘Imārah (Dr.)
Yesterday was the eleventh of September…On that day two years ago, America declared its global war on Islam and Muslims. The reason which they circulated through rumors is the tragedy of September 11 that took place in New York and Washington with civil airplanes. As soon as this tragedy took...
39. Terrorists betray our principles
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By ‘Abd Allāh II of Jordan
Jordanian and American people were wounded and murdered in terrorist explosions in Riyadh and Baghdad. Some of the victims of the explosions were young kids. I recall their images every time I read the terrorists’ claims that they work on behalf of Arabs and Muslims. Actually, the Jordanian people...
40. The German Muslim Murad Hofmann to “Asharq Al-Awsat:” Muslims are required to renew the religious discourse and reflect Islam in a modern way
Date of source: 13 Sep 2003
By Muḥammad Khalīl
In response to a question about reasons behind the hostile attitude of the West towards Islam and Muslims, Dr. Murad Hofmann explains that such attitude is not new. Its origin dates to the time of the Crusaders. The West considers that civilization is a Jewish-Christian accomplishment despite the...
41. Arabs and the West ... an attempt to understand and reach an understanding
Date of source: 6 Jul 2003
By Aḥmad Shāhīn
[Editor: All articles resulting from the visit of Egyptian journalists Ahmed Shaheen and Sabah Hamamo to The Netherlands have been translated by Mona Shenouda of the Dutch Embassy. There has been a misunderstanding about Shaheen’s text of July 6. She initially thought she only was to translate the...
42. The end of the mulid of Sidi Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid..!
Date of source: 11 Sep 2003
By Muhammad Tharwat
Moroccan thinker and professor at the University of Amsterdam, Dr. Al Marzouq Ouled Abdallah believes that the case of Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid no longer attracts the interest of Europeans. Abdallah argued that Zeid is no longer well-received by the masses nor by academics, and he no longer attracts...
43. Black turbans, jihad songs, Arabs, non-Arabs and people with blue eyes in Afghani clothes in the wedding of the son of Abu Hamza Al-Masri
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By Muḥammad al-Shāfiʿī
Subtitle: The groom sang the national anthem of the Jihad movement and a speaker attacks the ’friend marriage.’ Jihad songs and the different shapes of black turbans worn by Muslim fundamentalists was the main feature that attracted attention at the marriage party of Muhammad Mustafa Kamel, the son...
44. Violence of homosexuals
Date of source: 13 Sep 2003
By Ḥamāda Ḥussayn
The text comments on the spread of homosexuality among Roman Catholic clergy and discusses the medical problems around homosexuality. It reports the attitudes of human rights organizations as well as those of Pope John Paul II and Pope Shenouda III toward the issue.
45. Dr. Nabil Helmi refutes Jewish allegations
Date of source: 13 Sep 2003
By Charles Fuʾād al-Miṣrī
The article is an interview with Dr. Nabil Helmi, professor of international law and Dean of the University of Zaqaziq, who together with a group of emigrant Egyptians in Europe plan to sue all the Jews of the world for stealing gold before their exodus from Egypt. They are preparing for payback of...
46. In a seminar held at the Ibn Khaldoun Center: A former Israeli ambassador attacks Egypt from Cairo
Date of source: 15 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
The former Israeli ambassador to Cairo leveled a sever attack on Egyptian policy. He said that it is a hesitant policy when it comes to normalization with Israel. This is because Egyptian politicians believe that normalization may lead to an Israeli hegemony over the region. The former ambassador...
47. A lawsuit against the head of the Evangelical Maglis el-Mili is rejected
Date of source: 13 Sep 2003 to 19 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
After seven years of examination, the Administrative Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Rev. Samuel Mishriqi of the Pentecostal Church against Rev. Safwat Al-Bayadi, head of the Evangelical Maglis el-Mili [Community Council]. Mishriqi asked for not enforcing the decision of the council concerning...
48. Pope Shenouda wins the Al-Qadhafi Award for human rights
Date of source: 13 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
Pope Shenouda III won the Al-Qadhafi Award for Human Rights in appreciation of his distinguished national and humane stands and contributions to consolidate inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. The value of the award is 400,000 Euros. The Pope is expected to receive it on a big celebration...
49. The problems of ancient Egyptian monasteries are under control
Date of source: 16 Sep 2003
By ‘Izzah ‘Abd al-‘Azīz
In the light of the recent crisis of Anba Antonius Monastery, the author comments on the policy of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in handling similar problems. How do officials at the Higher Council for Antiquities deal with such incidents, especially since they are repeated. In a previous...
3. After the confiscation of his Islamic research, ‘Ali; Mabrouk: I defend my right to be different
Date of source: 22 Mar 2006
By ‘Id ‘Abd al-Halim
Following the steps of Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, whose research on Islamic theology was confiscated at Cairo University in the mid-1990s, Dr. ‘Alī Mabrouk's research on Imām al-Shāfi‘ī and Abī al-Hasan al-Ash‘arī were confiscated at Cairo University too, writes ‘Abd al-Halīm. The author interviewed...
2. Anglican Church in Wales apologizes for publishing anti-Prophet cartoons, book about Islam published in Denmark
Date of source: 22 Mar 2006
By ʿAmr al-Miṣrī
The Anglican Church in Wales has offered an apology to Muslims after it published in its magazine some of the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (al-Hayāt, March 22, 2006).The Welsh church had given instructions to withdraw all copies of the magazine from the market, affirming that the...
6. The head of the Book Organization fired “Loving Women” with the match of the Azhar
Date of source: 20 Sep 2003
By Muhammad Tharwat
The author comments on the attitude of Dr. Samir Sarhan head of the Book Organization [hay’et el-kitab] towards the crisis of poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi’s book “Commandments on Loving Women.” He withdrew the book from the market as it was believed to defame religion. He ordered it to be examined by an...
7. Ahmed Al-Shahawi: the Prophet loved poetry, why does the Muslim Brotherhood hate it?
Date of source: 21 Sep 2003
By Sa‘īd Shu‘ayb
The article is an interview with poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi, the author of the controversial book "Commandments on Loving Women." The book is believed to defame Islam and was referred by the head of the Book Organization to an Azhar committee to examine it. He defends his book against the accusations of...
8. Missionary groups increase in Iraq
Date of source: 23 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
Christian missionary groups have increased in the north of Iraq. Some sources revealed that there is a coinciding phenomenon that is kidnapping Iraqi children and youth and sending them to Italy. Families of those children and youth believe that they have been sent to Italy by missionary groups. [...
9. Faculty mosques between the authority of universities and the responsibility of the Ministry of Endowments
Date of source: 20 Sep 2003 to 26 Sep 2003
By Karīma Suwaydān
It is claimed that the extremists and the fanatic Islamic groups control faculty mosques. Yet, all university principals emphasize that they fully control them, especially that most of their Imams are appointed by the Ministry of Endowments [Awqaf]. Ain Shams University Principal, Dr. Saleh Hashem...
10. A university professor tells a true story that took place at a Cairo University mosque. "Shrouding" lessons produced "mass hysteria" among female students
Date of source: 20 Sep 2003 to 26 Sep 2003
By Aḥmad Bāshā
[Editor: The article is providing arguments to supervise mosques, control in-house Da’awa and censoring recorded religious lessons. For this reason a cross reference was made to freedom of religion] M.A., a student in the Faculty of Commerce, went to the faculty mosque for prayers and attending...
11. Instead of that lying student, there are 975 qualified female preachers in Egypt
Date of source: 20 Sep 2003 to 26 Sep 2003
By Īqbāl al-Sibāʿī
It has been noticed recently that women are eager to work in the field of Da’awa [Islamic missionary activity], and study Islamic dogma, to the degree that they have excelled men. People who are responsible for Da’awa say that this is due to awareness of women of their role to correct some...
12. The story of Islamized terrorism in Egypt…the Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: 17 Sep 2003
By Rifʿat al-Saʿīd
We continue reading an important book of an important man who belongs to the terrorist organization of the Brotherhood. We move along with him as he tried to defend what can not be defended. Salah Shadi tried to justify the friendly relation between Hassan Al-Banna and the tyrant Ismael Sidqy, "...
13. Confessions of the resigned Brotherhood member
Date of source: 22 Sep 2003
By Muḥammad al-Bāz
The resignation submitted by Dr. Hussein Al-Saad was not a casual one that the Supreme Guide may sign as accepted and it is over. It is a resignation that adds fuel to the flames. Al-Saad served in the Brotherhood for more than 23 years during which he worked under the leadership of many supreme...
14. The deal of Aboud Al-Zumor to acquit the leaders of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya
Date of source: 21 Sep 2003
By No Author Mentioned
In the first reaction to the release of 1,000 prisoners belonging to the Gama’a Al-Islamiya by the Ministry of Interior, leading members of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya who are still behind bars started to prepare for another deal sponsored by Aboud Al-Zommer, along with a large number of prominent...

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