Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Researcher Islām Biḥayrī described discussions about reconciliation with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood as “the crisis of all crises,” from which Egypt and the surrounding region would not recover again. In a long interview with al-Dustūr, Biḥayrī said: the Brotherhood got a proper chance to...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2017
The Justice and Rights Development Organization warned against staying silent about the crimes copying the criminal, terrorist Dāʿish organization inside Egypt; some sectarian crimes; and the larger influence of the terrorist organization on criminals, including criminals registered as...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2017
On Sunday the Egyptian Authority declared that they had attacked one of the leaders of the Anṣār Bayt al-Maqdis that is supporting Dāʿish [ISIS/ISIL] during a security attempt to arrest him in al- ʿArīsh.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2017
Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, shaykh of al-Azhar, said that terrorism presented Islam to the world in a barbaric and brutal light, previously unheard of throughout Muslims’ history.
Date of source: Monday, January 9, 2017
10 were killed and 11 wounded in a car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in al-ʿArīsh [al-Arish], North Sinai. This information was provided by medical sources. The attack was followed by a clash with automatic weapons, which led to the wounding of 10 policemen and 10 civilians. Furthermore, one...
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2015
American President: Muslims in Egypt have protected churches with their lives
During a speech at a conference in Washington DC on combatting extremism, US President Barack Obama said, "we cannot let extremist [takfīrī] organizations destroy our societies." He asked nations to call for understanding...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The author argues that unity in Islam calls for accepting the apology of those who are mistaken. He said that it is not appropriate for Shaykh Hasān, a salafī shaykh, to overreact to what Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Prime Minister, said, particularly when al-Jamāl said he was misinterpreted.
He added that...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, a leading Egyptian Qur'anic thinker, passed away in July at the age of 66. He had become a good friend of the Arab West Report over the years. In the first of a series of articles commemorating the life and work of Nasr Abū Zayd, Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman looks back on...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 2010
Al-Dustūr interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn who talks about the truth behind accusing Dr. Nasr Abū Zayd of apostasy.