Students at the University of North Carolina are
required to read Michael Seller?s "Approaching the Qur?an: The Early Revelations," for their summer reading program.
Some conservative Christian organizations brought an action against the university in an attempt to prevent teaching
the...
National pride has led Egypt to
strongly criticize the American decision to freeze additional foreign aid to Egypt in protest of the prosecution of
human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Observers believe the decision is an effort to influence Egyptian
policies.
Anti-
Semitism charges against the editor-in-chief of al-Ahram and writer Adel Hamouda provoked the anger of Egyptian and
Arab intellectuals. Arab attorneys want to join the group of defense lawyers to expose Zionist allegations. Hamouda
believes that the Zionist institution aims to...
The Supreme State Security Court sentenced
Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years in jail on the charge of receiving donations from the European Union without having
a legal permission. Ibrahim expressed his surprise at the fact that the court gave its ruling in a very short time and
said...
A Jewish French group has brought an action against
Al-Ahram and its chief editor Ibrahim Nafie over an article by writer Adel Hammouda, which the group claims is anti-
Semitism. Nafie believes that this is an attempt to frighten intellectuals.
Al-Ahali has reported that the security
services foiled an attempt to supply runaway members of the Gama?at al-Islāmīyah in Upper Egypt with weapons and
ammunition. It has added that Muhammad al-Islamboli is against the ideological reconsiderations of the group. The
Gama?at al-Islāmīyah...
The US Copts Association issued a statement emphasizing its commitment
to Egyptian issues and its support for the Palestinian issue. It declared its solidarity with the Palestinian people
in their struggle to free their land from Israeli occupation. The statement also refuted claims about...
Muhammad Sayyed al-Ashmawi wrote a book titled "The Reality of Ḥijāb and the Pretext of the Ḥadīth.? He wrote that the way a person dresses is a life-affair [an issue of a personal choice] and has nothing to do with religion and that wearing a higab is not a conclusive religious...
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid
inaugurated the 14th General Islamic Conference. It was organized by the Ministry of Waqf in coordination with the
Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. It was titled ?The Reality of Islām in a Changeable World.?
Al-Ahali, Rose al-Youssef and October magazine approached four
Christian scholars and clergymen and asked them to explain when, where and why Zionism penetrated Christianity and how
Christianity can face Zionist Christianity.