Paradoxes in Egypt (3) “Human Rights Organizations and Islamic Sharia” All Human Rights Organizations in Egypt talking about human rights, and advocating the promotion of human rights situation in Egypt, by many methods. They are focusing on all human rights… Read More ›
Essays – مقالات
Paradoxes in Egypt (2) “Modifying of the 2014 Constitution”
Paradoxes in Egypt (2) “Modifying of the 2014 Constitution” Political leaders, public figures, journalists and talk show hosts are arguing nowadays necessity of amending the 2014 constitution, in order to change the political system to be presidential instead of parliamentary,… Read More ›
Paradoxes in Egypt (1) “Banning Religiously-Oriented Political Parties”
Paradoxes in Egypt (1) “Banning Religiously-Oriented Political Parties” Many public figures and political activists has launched a campaign advocating the disbanding of religiously oriented parties, by collecting signatures to lobby for banning and boycotting religiously-oriented political parties in Egypt, for… Read More ›
A Good Life without God
By: Hassan Kamal ‘If there is no a God, then everything is permitted’. We have always heard this silly idea from religious people through debates that are held in Egypt over atheism. Those who believe in god(s) are often puzzled… Read More ›
الله لا يعيش مرتين
كتب: حسن كمال فى عام 1883 أعلن الفيلسوف الألمانى نيتشه أن الله قد مات فى كتابة “هكذا تحدث زرادشت”. وكان لخبر إعلان موت الله من قبل نيتشه أثر كبير فى علم اللاهوت بالغرب. حيث أصدر الأسقف الإنجليكانى جون روبنسون فى… Read More ›
الله عند السيسي
كتب: حسن كمال الله من حيث هو فكرة عند الإنسان, أى أن الله هو فكرة إنسانية, أو بمعنى أخر الله هو ” مجرد ثمرة اجتهاد عقلى, أى تأويل عقلى” على حد قول مراد وهبه. ففكرة الله عند الإنسان متعددة, أى… Read More ›
Egyptian Atheists’ Show; Black Ducks
By: Hassan Kamal Egypt, the bustling country of ninety million inhabitants in the heart of the Middle East, where Islam, through out the land, is the prominent and dominating religion socially and constitutionally for more than a millennia. Birthplace to… Read More ›
Atheists Responds to Sisi’s Call for ‘Intellectual Revolution’
CAIRO – Responding to a very serious speech by President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday 13 July 2015 at Al-Azhar, talking about atheism and the importance of renewal of religious discourse in Islam. Hassan Kamal (Egyptian atheist) is… Read More ›
Does El-Sisi Support Atheism?
By: Hassan Kamal In a very religious day for Muslims in Ramadan (Laylat al-Qadr), and at the highest Islamic Sunni, Al-Azhar, organizing by Egypt’s religious Endowments Ministry, and presence of Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab,… Read More ›
Blasphemy, a Way to Protect God!
Although there is no God and they never exist, believers are trying more and more to defend god by bringing anyone who criticize religion to court by blasphemy charges. They think this way is an important method to hinder any… Read More ›
Religion and Politics in Egypt: The Ugly Truth
By: Hassan Kamal In Egypt, every time you turn on the television watching talk show hosting politician or flick through the pages of a local newspaper or social media to read a statement by political party, you learn more about… Read More ›
Atheist Perspective; How to DEFEAT ISIS?
By: Hassan Kamal ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has become significantly one of the biggest terrorist groups on the globe that threats the West and all countries all over the world by bombing, kidnapping, beheading and raping… Read More ›
Egypt’s Sisi; Absence of Rule of Law
By: Hassan Kamal On 18 January 2014, the Egyptian constitution has been adapted with public referendum by Egyptian people. This constitution has stipulated many articles that fairly respect human rights and rule of law, however, when actions came to practice,… Read More ›
Tell ISIS that no Life after Death
By: Hassan Kamal Nowadays, one of the major threats to the West and the rest of the globe is ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), which was born from an especially brutal al Qaeda faction, by bombing, kidnapping, beheading… Read More ›
Why are we turning to Atheism?
By: Hassan Kamal These days, atheism is becoming more and more a common phenomenon for youth in Egypt. The atheists were interviewed by many TV programmes and Egyptian daily newspapers to show their reasons and thoughts about why they move… Read More ›
لماذا الحزب العلمانى المصرى؟
كتب: حسن كمال العلمانية كأسلوب فى التفكير ونظرية فى المعرفة كما صكها الفيلسوف المصرى د. مراد وهبه (1926-؟) وهى “التفكير فى النسبى بما هو نسبى وليس بما هو مطلق”. يترتب على هذا التعريف فصل الدين عن الدولة أى فصل الدين… Read More ›
داعش هى وليدة الأصولية الإسلامية وليس الحداثة
كتب: حسن كمال فى إطار الدعوة لتجديد الخطاب الديني من أجل محاربة الفكر الإرهابى السائد على كوكب الأرض, كان هناك برنامج “مع إسلام” الذى يقدمة الباحث الإسلامى: إسلام بحيري, والذى أثار جدل واسع أدى إلى إغلاق البرنامج. ولكن قبل إغلاق… Read More ›
What is Religion?
By: Hassan Kamal These days, the question “what is religion?” is becoming more and more common topic to discuss about it in Egypt, especially after ouster the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mosri, and then calling for a renewal of religious discourse and… Read More ›
Does Modernization Accordance with Sharia?
By: Hassan Kamal Many scholars from the West and the Middle East countries claim that the modernization accordance with the Sharia and Islamic tradition. Their viewpoint back to the first half of the 20th century in Egypt that the Muslim… Read More ›
Was Nasser Secular?
By: Hassan Kamal Many Western scholars consider the former president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser as a secular ruler and describe the nature of Nasser’s regime as a secular state because of his stance on the Muslim Brotherhood after the… Read More ›
Egypt and Sharia: According to the Constitutions
By: Hassan Kamal After the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood from power in July 3, 2013, there has been a lot of discussion about the role of Sharia Law in the new constitution and how can be interpreted it again… Read More ›
Why El-Sisi is not Atatürk?
By: Hassan Kamal In recent times, especially after overthrow the former president of Egypt Mohamad Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood (one of the most popular Islamic fundamentalism movements on the globe) in July 3, 2013, there has been a lot… Read More ›
On Religious Authority in Islam
By: Hassan Kamal In modern times, many Muslims claim that there is no religious authority in Islam and Islam has no “clergy” in the Christian sense. There is no concept of a “church” and no sacraments. Consequently there are… Read More ›
Al-Azhar versus Renewal of Religious Discourse
By: Hassan Kamal These days, it is a common aim of many countries countering terrorism especially the terrorism that based on Islamic fundamentalism to try to make peace happen on the globe. They believe that combating terrorist groups,… Read More ›
ابن رشد وإسلام بحيري
كتب: حسن كمال أظن بأن هناك علاقة بين الفيلسوف الإسلامى إبن رشد والباحث الإسلامى إسلام بحيري, بالرغم من الفترة الزمنية والمكانية بين الأثنين, فابن رشد كان فى القرن الثانى عشر بالأندلس وإسلام بحيري فى القرن الحادى والعشرين بمصر, ولكن هذا… Read More ›
Stand With Islam Behery
By: Hassan Kamal Joint Statement Calling for the Support of Islam Behery Dear Colleagues, This is a joint statement from human rights activists worldwide, which want to combat terrorism that based on jihad, calling for the promote of Egyptian Islamic Researcher and… Read More ›
Why Sexual Harassment in Egypt?
By: Hassan Kamal These days, every time you turn on the television or flick through the pages of a newspaper or social media, you learn about the victims of sexual harassment from women in Egypt. But what is the… Read More ›