Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
There is no median between a religious state and a civil state. Many observers consider the proposed constitutional amendments to be encouraging political Islamic groups. While Muslim groups deny any contradiction between article two of the Egyptian Constitution and the principles of citizenship,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2007
The author begins by highlighting the number of Muslim Brothers elected in the 2005 parliamentary elections. He goes on to discuss his meeting with members of the Brotherhood, and their real goals for Egypt as stated in 2005, and looks back to consider how much of what was expected was actually...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The article refers to the imbalanced attitude between public requirements and the law. The author, however, thinks that the current debates over human right and citizenship would act as a base for a political reform.
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
The author explains his viewpoint on the Arab-West relationship in light of the Vatican pope’s visit to Turkey.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2001
The USA criticized the way the Egyptian authorities dealt with the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center and the sentence the Supreme Court of State Security pronounced upon its head, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Egyptian official sources denied that such an American criticism might lead to Ibrahim’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The controversy around the TV show Awan al-Ward, which presented a mixed marriage between a Muslim and Christian, escalated this week with three cases filed against its author. Many Egyptian and Arabic-language papers dedicated much space to the film. Al-Ḥayāt said Awān al-Ward raised controversy...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
The General Prosecutor made an indictment order in the case of the Ibn Khaldūn center, and decided to refer Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, the head of the center, and 27 other people, to the High State Security Court. They were charged with receiving 261,000 Euros as a donation from the European Union...
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2000
Al-Usbua published a file opposing Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s plans to monitor the coming elections under the title "No to dubious supervision. No to interference in Egypt’s affairs."
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm opened fire against the Egyptian government, state security department, and some Egyptian young people a few hours before he was accused officially of espionage for the sake of foreign entities. "I was a victim of youth deceiving me" Ibrāhīm said.