Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 21, 2004
Historically, in Al-Bahnasa alone, some twenty thousands nuns lived in convents. Many convents were also built in Fayoum, Cairo, Alexandria, and Lower Egypt in general during the fifth century. Most of these convents were destroyed during the Mamluk age In Cairo, four convents only survived.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2004
The Turkish government pulled back the draft law criminalizing adultery and penalizing adulterers with prison. Turkish media outlets, feminine organizations and a number of government officials launched a fierce campaign to drop the proposal. It seems that political and media pressures managed to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2004
If anyone would like to see an example of the media of strife, he may take a look at the distorted, fabricated news published by Arabic papers last week. This news is about the statement Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi made at the Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate about the resistance against the Americans...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2004
On September 7, Israeli newspapers published the text of a letter of senior Israeli rabbis directed to the head of the Israeli cabinet, Ariel Sharon. The letter urges Sharon not to hesitate to harm Palestinian civilians in the ongoing confrontations in the occupied territories.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2004
ʿAlī Laban, a member of the parliament affiliated with the Brotherhood, submitted an interpellation to the Minister of Culture in which he demanded the closure of the dance school in order to avoid its evils. The Minister of Culture said that that some believe that the school teaches belly dance, "...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2004
No one can offer an explanation for the reasons of this decision except the heads of opposition parties, most of whom deliberately did not attend the meetingin which the exclusion of the Brotherhood was approved.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2004
The secretary general of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF) Fouad Elwi held a meeting with the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France. The results of this session were beyond what was expected due to the atmosphere of tension that prevailed during the meeting....
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2004
Every parable tells a truth about God and ourselves. The parable shows that for God all people, regardless of religion, nationality or whatever else, are important, there are no people without name.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, grand imam of the Azhar, followed the lecture of Archbishop Rowan Williams with a number of comments. I made notes and made this overview which should be seen as a paraphrase of the words of the grand imam.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2004
Short summary of the sermon of Lord George Carey, on the occasion of his visit to Egypt, July, 2004 about Matthew 16: 13-17. The sermon addresses the question of who Jesus is.