Word: mansourism
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...emphasized that petty crime, dropping out of school, and engagement in criminal activity are not related to Islam. However, she questioned the religion’s compatibility with an open, liberal society, such as the one that exists in the Netherlands and other Western European countries. Ahmed Mansour, another member of the panel and a former visiting fellow at Harvard Law School, said that radical Muslims are a small minority of the Muslim community and that Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace. “The right of the woman is there. So is the right...
...urged last June - and the state-financed media's overwhelming focus on Mubarak during a campaign period that was too brief for opposition candidates to promote their messages. "But we do see the election as a crucial step," says the official, a sentiment shared by icem coordinator Sherif Mansour. He told Time that last week's ballot was "a public show that won't change anything," but thinks the government has set a precedent by allowing any monitoring at all. "Next time," Mansour said, referring to the November elections, "we'll be able to get into the polling stations...
...vote for likeminded candidates running as independents. But independent monitoring groups and officials of Nour?s Al Ghad party sharply criticized the way the election was conducted. ?We?ve recorded lots of violations, major violations against the voting process, against the voters and against the candidates,? ICEM coordinator Sherif Mansour told TIME as the polls closed Wednesday evening. While stopping short of claiming that he was deprived of victory, Nour announced that his party would file a petition to the Presidential Election Commission and possibly later to the courts to overturn the election due to irregularities...
...unclear. Besides being particularly affectionate, Ra'ed said nothing to indicate his life was about to end. On March 3, Ahmed received the call telling him Ra'ed was a martyr. The caller read Ra'ed's last will and testament. Four days later, there was another call, to Mansour, who says he was invited, "Allah willing," to visit Ra'ed's tomb near the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Banna clan ran an obituary in the newspaper Ad Dustour announcing that Ra'ed had "won martyrdom in the land of Iraq" and "died in the name...
...custom he calls his son a martyr simply because he was killed in a foreign land. Had he known what Ra'ed was up to, he says, he would have blocked his son's plans to leave the country and informed the police to keep an eye on him. Mansour says he would not be surprised if Ra'ed showed up at the door someday, as if his disappearance were some mistake or just a bad dream. But like so many others, the Bannas may never know exactly how they lost Ra'ed to the jihad. "The calls stopped," says...