Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
There can never be a democracy without parties, which express political and intellectual plurality and offer a variety for the public to choose politicians and leaders.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
It seems that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom must have issued
its report on religious discrimination between Muslims and Copts in Egypt months before its
visit. The report claims that the Egyptian mass media is too lazy and not qualified enough to
cover the religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
As the upcoming parliamentary elections approach,
the Muslim Brotherhood are trying to make alliances with various political powers. The
Brotherhood are trying to convince everyone that they are no longer an Islamic group and are
willing to engage in political life and employ its mechanisms....
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Muhammad Mahdi Akef, strongly
criticized the congress of the ruling National Democratic Party which concluded its activities
last Thursday. Akef said that the reforms announced by the party do not achieve any real
development. Akef said that...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
Holding the conference on freedom of expression at the same time of the second annual
conference of the National Democratic Party is a mere coincidence. The difference between the
official view of reformation and what the Arab intellectuals aim at, is clear. Each view seems as
if it is related...
Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2004
The article is an interview with the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazi. He criticizes the campaign of takfir [accusation of being an apostate] that he is suffering at the hands of an Egyptian paper.
Hegazi comments that the problem of accusations of takfir results from the fact that we are not...
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article is about a draft law proposed by
Anthony Weiner, member of the US House of Representatives, in January 2004. The draft law bans
the U.S. from giving military aid to Egypt. The article gives information about the laws approved
by the US senate targeting Syria and Saudi Arabia.
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2004
The
author explains that the way Egyptian society dealt with the al-Kosheh events illustrated that
society has a haphazard way of dealing with sectarian tensions.
They deal with the
marginal problems and the surfaces of a crisis, in search of a temporary solution to calm the
situation. This...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The newspaper of Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, affiliated with the National Democratic Party launched an extremist attack on Egyptian intellectuals, describing them of being unbelievers and apostates.
Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, secretary general of the media [secretariat] at the National Democratic Party...