Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2005
Before he traveled to the US, Pope Shenouda III talked to al-Ahrām about the next presidential elections and discussed many issues in Egypt and abroad.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2005
The terrorism recruitment machine is working hard and sympathizers seem ready to get involved. Among them are the protagonists of fundamentalist fatwas. Such fatwas emanate from names that are well known to us and are unfortunately very influential.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2005
After the death of Jamāl ‘Abd al-Nāsir, Sadat had to create religious groups that could counter balance the influence of the Nasserites in the streets and universities.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2005
According to Sawt al-Umma sources, the Minister of Information, Anas al-Fiqī, stated in a closed meeting with some of his assistants that they are about to present a new TV preacher who is capable of attracting a wide ranging audience. In fact, Al-Fiqī’s words reveal the Egyptian political...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2005
The Azhar scholars’ front, which Dr. Tantāwi had disbanded, has re-emerged. It was a major obstacle for Dr. Tantāwi’s decisions regarding the development of educational methods at the Azhar and also for the fatwa he issues.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2005
Andarawus ‘Azīz, supposedly a priest, was proved to have been violating the Bible as he explained the sacrament of matrimony in his own way in a bid to attract more supporters for the illegal marriage ceremonies he and his likes are holding.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2005
No one could deny that the 1980 amendment of the second article of the Egyptian Constitution to have the Islamic sharī‘a [law] as the main source of legislation has raised a lot of sensitivities for the fellow Coptic citizen, whether inside or outside Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2005
‘Abboud al-Zumur, former leader of the Egyptian Jihād, called for retrial after 24 years of imprisonment, in the case of Sādāt’s assassination.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2005
The onset of the new wave of Islamist terror was brought about by Sayyid Qutb, who had that rare opportunity during his time in the prison hospital for several years to review his book Fī Zilāl al-Qur’ān [In the shades of the Qur’ān].
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2005
A London-based fundamentalist center revealed that Britain’s Home Office has turned down a political asylum application by an Egyptian Islamist affiliated with the banned al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya [Islamic Group].