Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2002
Citations from articles published in the Western press and from statements by American Christian men of religion expressing hostility against Islam. The author calls upon the Azhar and Arab media to defend the “threatened Islam.”
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
For decades, the Egyptian government refused to include the Holy Virgin Tree in el-Matariya on the country´s heritage list of protected sites. As a result, the tree fell victim to unscrupulous locals who sold branches and sap to pilgrims. The president of the National Egyptian Heritage Revival...
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2002
The headmistress of the Education Department in the Conservatoire Institution ordered primary and preparatory students to sing a song about the attributes of God in the morning line-up instead of the national anthem. Students´ parents, both Muslims and Christians, objected to what she did.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 9, 2002
The author tells how the Israeli Embassy in Canada objected to his invitation to participate in the Ottawa International Festival for Writers because it considers him anti-Semitic. After many problems and after the intervention of the Egyptian Embassy, he was able to participate in the festival.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood is not at its best these days. A great number of its members have been arrested and its activity has become almost nonexistent. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed the general guide of the group on this subject
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2006
The author provides a commentary on the Muslim Brotherhood, criticizing its actions and beliefs, and warning that it is gaining substantial ground toward becoming the political leaders of perhaps multiple Arab nations.
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Wā’il Lutfī writes on the pressure the Muslim Brotherhood are putting on the government to ban certain works of art that they claim to be a threat to public morality.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The author argues that not enough is being done to translate Arabic works into English, helping to introduce Westerners to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
A discussion of the issue of freedom of expression, and media responsibility, following the publication, in a Danish newspaper, of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, perceived by Muslims as anti-Islamic.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The author criticizes an attack on the Egyptian church by al-Qāhira newspaper.