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 ›
religious fundamentalists
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Averroes Forum Discusses “The Quartet of Democracy”
By: Hassan Kamal In the wake of the Egyptian revolution there has been a lot of discussion about democracy in Egypt, in particular after removal of the former president Mohamed Morsi from the power. In response to this topic, Averroes… 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 ›
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 ›
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
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هل يمكن أن تكون ليبراليا من غير أن تكون علمانيا ؟
Photo Credit: mawdoo3.com كتب: حسن كمال يتناول هذا المقال العلاقة بين العلمانية و الليبرالية كعنصران أساسيان فى الديمقراطية, و ذلك كما طرحها د. مراد وهبه فى كتابة ” رباعية الديمقراطية “. و على ذلك سوف نطرح ثلاثة أسئلة فرعية للوصول… Read More ›