Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 September - 5 October 2008
Issue No. 916
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Bracing for January
Egypt and Jordan join forces to contain deepening inter-Palestinian strife, Dina Ezzat reports
SPG abolished
Does the demise of the post of socialist prosecutor-general mean less protection against financial malpractice? Asks Gamal Essam El-Din
Revolving doors
Torah prison loses one leading businessman inmate only to gain another, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Not the time
Amid the dismay of families, the new academic year started on Saturday, reflecting dissatisfaction and disorganisation.
The politics of sects
When leading Sunni scholar Youssef El-Qaradawi critiqued Islam's Shia sect all hell broke loose. Amira Howeidy traces the continuing reverberations
A mixed bag
The International Religious Freedom Report 2008 is greeted with the usual claims and counter-claims, reports Mohamed El-Sayed
Apology refused
The grand imam of Al-Azhar will not drop his libel case against Al-Fagr, reports Reem Leila

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