Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
The problem of Kifāyah is its lack of a clear vision that could safeguard its unity. It also mixes up its objective to modernize the Egyptian political system with other slogans that have led to ideological problems and splits.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Article two in the Egyptian Constitution seems to be the most problematic issue about the proposed Constitutional amendments. While the majority of Egyptians call for a civil state on the basis of citizenship and equality, many stress the impossibility of omitting or changing article two of the...
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
In a message to al-Misrī al-Yawm, al-Zumur said that there are no conditions made by security officials at the Ministry of Interior as a prerequisite to release him from prison and that his meetings with the leaders of al -Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah aim to activate the principle of non-violence.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
The author of the article, who is a member of the National Council for Human Rights, criticizes the performance of the council in its first session and provides examples of its negligence.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights ended its first session tensely; a member submitted a memo to its head and head of the Shūrá council decrying its performance as a failure.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
While all Egyptians seem to agree on the importance of applying principles of citizenship and equality, and while everyone is calling for a more active role in political situations and the less political nature of religious institutions, many still argue about amending article two of the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
During his recent visit to Cairo, Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy [WINEP], attended two symposia at al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies and the Center for Political Research and Studies at Cairo University. In his speech at the...
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
The Shaykh of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī referred to the possibility of resuming the Azhar-Vatican dialogue that stopped after the Roman Catholic pope’s highly-publicized and controversial lecture on Islām.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies reported on the Egyptian Supreme Administrative decision about rejecting acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith. The rejection is considered to be a violation of the Egyptian Constitution article 40.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Muslim thinker Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah has come under fire for his book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayna al- Shī‘ah wa-al-Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], in which he quoted texts that allegedly incite the killing of non-Muslims. Disregarding Dr...