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 ›
Cultural Taboos
Atheists Are Calling For Democracy in Egypt
CAIRO – After leaving their religions whatever Islam or Christianity and turning to atheism, Egyptian atheists are now calling for establishing a real democracy in Egypt that based on four basic elements; secularization, social contract, enlightenment and liberalism. Hassan Kamal, an… Read More ›
Meet The Middle East’s Atheist Preacher
In a region increasingly defined by its Islamic fundamentalism, Ismail Mohammed is vocal about his belief that there is no God. And he’s discovering that he’s not alone. Ismail Mohammed is a YouTube preacher who’s trying to turn Middle Easterners… Read More ›
Hassan Kamal Speaks Live – Why Are We Atheists?
By: Hassan Kamal WHY ARE WE ATHESTS? – In a new episode about atheism and agnostic in the Arab-Islamic World, Hassan Kamal is speaking to The Black Ducks talk show on Friday 26 June, 2015 at 5:00 pm (Cairo’s time). The Black… 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 ›
Egyptian atheists launch web video series
Every week, Ahmed Harqan and his wife Nada Madour transform their bedroom into a TV studio. Lime green bed sheets cover one of the widest walls, creating a green screen background. Do-it-yourself wooden tripods hold cheap fluorescent bulbs to illuminate the folding… 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 ›
On Atheism – عن الإلحاد
ON ATHEISM is a new e-book was written by the Egyptian blogger Hassan Kamal, aims to introduce the idea of atheism, in terms of philosophy, to all new atheists, in particular from youth, around the globe, especially in the Middle East… Read More ›
Middle East Atheist Channel Defies Taboo
The news was published by Voice of America In Egypt, a deeply religious country in a deeply religious region, atheism is not only taboo, it is dangerous. It is sometimes even criminal to publicly declare nonbelief. Despite the danger,… Read More ›
Al-Azhar crackdown on the Secular Party
By: Hassan Kamal In the wake of establishing a new secular party in Egypt to challenge religious domination, Al-Azhar expressed its anger and disapproval to found the secular party. Al-Azhar said that this party opposed to the constitution because… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
الأزهر يرفض تجديد الخطاب الديني
كتب: حسن كمال فى إطار الحملة الإنتخابية للرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي أكد على ضرورة تجديد الخطاب الديني, وكان ذلك بعد سقوط جماعة الإخوان المسلمين كأكبر حركة أصولية إسلامية على كوكب الأرض, وذلك بعد ما أنتفض الشعب ضد الإخوان فى 30… Read More ›
إسلام بحيري وإسقاط سلطة التراث
كتب: حسن كمال فى عنوان هذا المقال ثمة مصطلح فى حاجة إلى تعريف وهو إسقاط سلطة التراث, وهو على علاقة عضوية بإسلام بحيري, وذلك كما هو واضح بما يقوم به إسلام من تغيير فى الوضع القائم من خلال برنامجه “مع إسلام” الذى… Read More ›
Creativity; Introduction to Education Reform
Photo Credit : english.ahram.org.eg By Hassan Kamal The greatest challenge facing education at the edge of the 21st century is the fact that the scientific technological revolution has exercised an exceptional impact on the life of modern man in general and… Read More ›
Woman to Woman
This cartoon was published by http://www.politicalcartoons.com/
Fears for Renewal of Religious Discourse
by Hassan Kamal After removal the former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi who has represented the Muslim Brotherhood (one of the most popular Islamic fundamentalism movements on the globe) in July 3, 2013. El-Sisi has stressed in many his speeches to all… Read More ›
نقد العقل الإرهابى
Photo Credit: www.comx.me كتب: حسن كمال “لما كانت الحروب تتولد في عقول البشر، ففي عقولهم يجب أن تبنى حصون السلام“ الميثاق التأسيسي لليونسكو عنوان هذا المقال هو نفس العنوان الذى أقترحة الفيلسوف المصرى مراد وهبه, ليكون على هيئة كتاب, بهدف إزالة… Read More ›
El-Sisi Calls for Revolution on Islam
Photo Credit: Time Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Al-Azhar, during anniversary birth of Prophet Mohamed, to revolt on Islam and renew the religious discourse. Watch the original movie in Arabic from HERE
El-Sisi Call for Cultural Revolution
Photo Credit: Ahram Newspaper Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi conveyed, during his meeting with groups of writers and intellectuals, importance establishing Cultural Revolution in Egypt by intellectuals, and he emphasized necessity enlighten masses. Read the original news in Arabic from… Read More ›
The Backwardness Germ
Photo: Hassan Kamal The Backwardness Germ was written by the Egyptian philosopher Mourad Wahba in 1998. This book is a collection of interviews that was conducted with Wahba, from 1979 till 1993. The main idea of this thesis is explaining… Read More ›