Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2004
The Arab and foreign media were shocked by the Iranian Shura Council’s approval of a draft of a new law that gives equal portions of inheritance to men and women.
Shi’ite scholars in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Arab countries confirmed that the new proposed law concerns only inheritance cases where...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2004
The Arab-American Committee Against Discrimination in the U.S. protested Webster’s Dictionary altering the meaning of “anti-Semitism” in its new edition. The “anti-Semitism” entry in the dictionary designates anyone who is against Israel and sympathizes with its enemies as anti-Semitic.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2004
During Lent in 1976, the restoration and enlargement of the church of St. Macarius at the Monastery of Abu Maqqar [St. Macarius], the relics of John the Baptist and Elijah were found next to the sanctuary of Pope Benjamin.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2004
Throughout the past years, the Muslim Brotherhood has tried to control many media outlets. For example, they tried to control Al-Haqiqa newspaper that is published by Al-Ahrar party, but they failed. They have also tried to control Al-Nour newspaper by making a deal with the editor to publish five...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2004
The Court of Appeals reached its decision in the case of Al-Kosheh after examining the appeals made by the accused for the second time.
The Court decided to uphold the verdict issued by the Sohag Criminal Court which sentenced the top suspect Fayiz Muhammad Abdel Reheem to thirteen years in prison...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2004
A group of scholars and intellectuals traveled last week to Europe in order to “improve the image of Islam and Muslims” in Western public opinion. The program aims at eliminating mistaken ideas about Islam. This coincided with an agreement taken by a number of Muslim businessmen in Canada and the U...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2004
The Saudi public was shocked by the release of a statement signed by more than 200 heavyweight Saudi scholars and intellectuals, known to belong to the kingdom’s moderate trend. The statement warned against what they called the “Western liberal perspective” on social life that grants women’s issues...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2004
Asharq Al-Awsat met with a group of Western Arabists on the sidelines of the Translation Conference held lately at the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt. They spoke about their experiences in translating literal works from Arabic into European languages and the reasons that let them choose...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2004
A large number of young translators presented translations of literary works from various languages into Arabic that attracted the attention of readers and specialists. These translations are not limited to the widely known languages like English and French, but they also include some translations...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2004
The early days of Islam did not witness any conflict between religion and state. Islam does not give anyone religious authority over human beings. Islam is not similar to Christian theology that is based on priesthood that granted itself a religious sacredness.