Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Since President Husnī Mubārak proposed the amendment of article 76 of the constitution, politicians and lawyers have been racking their brains about the formal conditions for nomination.
Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2005
The application for NGO status seems to be going from postponement to postponement.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
The text of a lecture on human rights and civil society in Egypt, including a discussion on numbers of exaggerated stories in the West, rumors and civil society.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
Criticizing the press release of the US Copts Association. Some Copts frequently resort to claims of Islamic extremism if decisions are made they don´t like. This doens´t help.
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
In an unaired interview via Dream channel, the new general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood admits receiving funds from Saudi Arabia and attempting to assassinate president Abdel-Nasser. He speaks about the Brotherhood relation with the government, Pope Shenouda´s statement about granting Copts a...
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
The MEMRI writes many of its translations “bring honor and respect to the Arab world and show it isn´t made up of radicals only.” Hulsman provides examples of MEMRI placing some of their translations in a wrong context.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2002
The main conclusion of the report is that anti-Americanism is growing in the world, especially in Egypt and Pakistan. The core of dissatisfaction is US foreign policy, primarily in Muslim countries but also among traditional allies of the US.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
An American missionary belonging to Operation Mobilization and nurse´s aid Bonnie Weatherall, 31, was found murdered at a Christian health clinic housed in the building of an Evangelical church in Sidon, a port city in southern Lebanon. There is much speculation as to what could have been the...
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2002
A group of liberal intellectuals from throughout the Arab world signed a communiqué in which they urged President Mubarak to free Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The article gives a translation of the communiqué as well as the Egyptian opposition´s reaction to it along with an appendix listing the signatories.