Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
The author believes that the word ’’Islamic
civilization’’
is not accurate because Islām differs from one country to another, and
Shī‘ah
Muslims differ from Sunnah.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
After the Muslim Brotherhood announced their plan to change the ‘banned’ group into a legal political party, many voices were raised in an evaluation of the group’s role in the political life throughout its history.
Date of source:
Many writers tackled the issue of Islām
and terrorism in this week’s papers.
Mustafa Mahmoud commented on the West’s attitude towards the ritual Islām
and the political Islām. The
Christian writer Fikry Makram Ebeid gave a list of most of the non-Muslim terrorist
groups and concluded
that...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2000 to Friday, September 15, 2000
The long political history of the Muslim Brotherhood group shows that they have never changed their strategy and their view of the other [religion]. Their current backing for a Coptic candidate, in the elections, is a tactical move aimed at overcoming their racist public image, although the Copts...
Date of source: Thursday, July 30, 1998
Dr. Rifaat Al-Said review of a book entitled "Islam and Faith" by Dr. Mohammed Shahrour.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, the pastor of the Hanging Church, replies to an article by Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad, in which he accused Father Khalīl of igniting sectarian sedition in Egypt. The pastor reviews As‘ad’s recent book, ‘Annī A‘tarif’ [Reviewer: I confess] in which, according to Father...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
This article discusses violence in Islam from the Caliph ‘Uthmān Ibn
‘Ufān to
the Muslim Brotherhood. Religion and holy texts have been taken as pretexts to commit
murder in the name of
God and Islam.
Date of source: Friday, August 8, 1997
The
author criticizes an article that
appeared previously in el-Shaab which "attacked Copts without any reason,
and accused them of being
mercenaries, agents for the C.I.A." and "traitors." But, says the author, Jews created
this issue. Copts
abroad become panic-stricken because of the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 1997
Romani
Shafiek Agieb is a student who was persecuted by the University
of Asiut, Faculty of Education, after being
refused the right to nominate himself as a lecturer and then a
university professor. As a result, many
Egyptian Copts offered to help the student finish his higher education...