Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2001
Islamic groups believe that religion has a political dimension. That was why they tried to impose their views by any means in order to reach power and apply the Shari’a. The article raises many questions about political Islam and the reasons behind the Islamic groups turning to violence.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2001
Ayman Al-Zawahri wrote a book in which he recounts how he came to join the Jihad organization at the age of 16. He also gives details of all the terrorist operations the Jihad organization committed and were planning to commit in Egypt. The article sheds light on the many assassinations the group...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 1, 2001 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2001
Behind any terrorist organization there is a mufti deciding what is halal and what is haram according to his point of view. The article gives an overview of the most famous muftis of terrorist organizations and the fatwas they issued.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2001
In this article Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi speaks about Islam and secularism, the weakness and disunity among Muslims, the Muslims’ aggression towards the West, the violence of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and the responsibility of the preachers, thinkers and the governments towards correcting the...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 15, 2001 to الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2001
Could the current US-led coalition war against Afghanistan result in tensions between Egypt’s two major religions? In Lebanon the split between Christians and Muslims has widened as each has taken the opposite side. Egypt, however, has experienced nothing of this kind.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2001
President Mubarak issued a presidential decree approving the new management board of the Coptic Endowments Authority. Officials within the authority explain that the problems between the authority and the Ministry of Endowments are dissolving after the authority reclaimed 600 feddans. The total...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2001
There is a relationship of a special kind between the nation and the Copts. That relationship was represented in individual Copts who were rich or highly educated who had special relationships with the governor. The author is of the opinion that if a group of Muslim and Christian wise men is formed...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2001
The Egyptian authority released two leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya who were sentenced to 15 years in the case of Sadat’s assassination. The release came one week before the four-year anniversary of the peace initiative declared by the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2001
Many articles were written in the European and American press about the sentence imposed on Saad Eddin Ibrahim by the State Security Court. He was found guilty of some of the charges made against him and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. State Security courts are based on article 171 of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 5, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood want to form a political party to end their series of failed coalitions with other parties. Dr. Essam Al-Erian said that founding a Brotherhood Party was the only way to end the stagnation in the Egyptian political arena.