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7. A study [concludes] that Western democracy differs in its principles and foundations from democracy in Islamic thought
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Many Muslim thinkers and scholars have occupied themselves with the issue of democracy in Western civilization and its comparison with the Islamic system of shura [consultation], especially after the proposed U.S. reform project known as the Greater Middle East was introduced. This study examines...
11. Posters of death and tombs torture on the walls of Al-Qasr Al-Aini Hospital
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The posters of the Muslim Brotherhood are covering all the walls and doors of the faculty of medicine of the Qasr Al-Aini and the hospitals affiliated with Cairo University. This reveals that the banned Muslim Brotherhood and extremist religious activities have succeeded in penetrating into the...
1. Editorial
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Dialogue between the Episcopal Church and the Azhar. Comment on stories about the attempted conversion of Wafa Costantin, the wife of a Coptic Orthodox priest in Abū al-Mattamir.
2. A controversy in Egypt over a lawsuit demanding separating an Egyptian writer from his wife because he had criticized Amr Ibn Al-‘As
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
The heated controversy in Egypt over the statements of the writer Usama Anwar Okasha has been escalated. In a press article, Okasha attacked the Companion of the Prophet Amr Ibn Al-‘As and made some accusations against him, which some people considered an insult to Amr Ibn Al-‘As. - See art. 7...
4. Colin Powell calls for reforming the curriculum of Islamic education…and installing alternative curricula [that suit the American age
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Colin Powell wants his administration to convince the leaders of the Islamic world that the education offered by schools in the Muslim world does not suit our times and undermines peace and security. He claims that such education teaches students the worse terms in religion and the most hateful...
11. Muslim and Coptic thinkers uncover the plan of rejecting Arabism and Islam
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
A new [political] party that rejects Islam and Arabism submitted its papers last week to the committee of party affairs [affiliated to the Shura Council]. This party asks for the modification of the Egyptian constitution to remove the Islamic Shari’a as the primary legislative source of the...
1. Editorial, on crossroads
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Explanation of the consequences of a lacking NGO status. German scholar Dr. Christiane Paulus comments on an article of Magdi Khalil about the need for dialogue between groups with different convictions.
6. Islamic shari‘a is the first to incriminate corruption on earth
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
Dr. ‘Abd al-Fattāh Idrīs, Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Cairo University, described Islamic sharī‘a [law] as one concerned with securing the world and its inhabitants. He bases his argument on the presence of specific rulings on how to punish those who harm humans, animals or the...
2. Religious freedom in Islam
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
“Al-Horriya Al-Deeniya fi Al-Islam” [Religious Freedom in Islam] is the most important book of Sheikh Abdel Mota’al Al-Sa’eedy, a senior sheikh at the Azhar. Sheikh Al-Sa’eedy reached the conclusion that whoever abandons Islam should not be killed. He believes that what has been previously said...
5. Al-Liwa’ al-Islami intellectual forum: Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shahin between “Abu Zayd” and “Abi Adam!”
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
Al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī hosted the Islamic intellectual Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn, Professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Dār al-‘Uloum, Cairo University, in its first intellectual forum [or panel].

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