Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2009
On April 2 Bahā’īs in an Upper Egyptian village were attacked by Muslim residents of the village after people from neighboring towns teased them for having Bahā’īs living among them.
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2008
Sara Hassan goes undercover in the woman’s circle of Regent’s Park Mosque in London and discovers some shockingly extremist and Saudi ideology advocating killing homosexuals, adulterers, and apostolics, and separation from mainstream society, particularly for women. This is even more shocking...
Date of source: Sunday, March 1, 2009
Dr. Denis MacEoin believes that the British government must stop extremist tendencies from developing in Muslim schools in the U.K
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2009
A man has been fined and sentenced to a month in prison for trying to remove the niqāb of a woman that he thought had stolen a mobile phone from his shop.
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2009
A young female journalist called Fātimah al-Zahrā’ Muhammad had a strange experience in the house of the controversial preacher Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The author attacks the Qur’ānists and supports the decision of the Egyptian judiciary and the Ministry of Interior that does not recognize the Bahā’ī faith.
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Following a response from Dr. Hans Jansen which outlined the books that state that Sūrah 2:256 is abrogated, Hulsman and Dukhān investigated the issue further and researched the viewpoints of number of prominent Islamic websites as well as the opinion of Dr. ‘Abd Al-Mu‘ti Bayyūmī.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Imām Fadel Soliman responds to allegations of Dr. Hans Jansen on whether Sūrah 2: 256 had been abrogated. Fadel Soliman explains the concept of abrogation and explains there is no consensus among Muslim scholars but there is a clear majority view and minority view.
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Prince Hassan of Jordan pleads for a pluralist society in the Arab world, and examines the phenomenon of Christian migration.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The following lines present a reflection on a previous article by the author. It presents a reader’s reaction elaborate on the subject.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
The article chronicles the appearance of famous dā‘iyahs in Egypt and covers the on-going struggle between the new dā‘iyahs and Salafis to take over the status of the publicly-adored dā‘iyah. The absence of an effective role of the Azhar is also questioned.
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Shoes bearing the name of Allāh on the sole are reduced in price.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A background on monasticism in Islam, Christianity, and Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2008
Lutis Kiwān and Sāmī Jād al-Haq report on sectarian incidents in Minyā University.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Amīrah Ibrāhīm reports on the fatwá issued by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī concerning prayer time during working hours.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008
The author discusses content presented by religiously-themed satellite channels, namely ’al-Nās’, ’al-Rahmah’ and ’al-Hikmah’. He argues these channels are dominated by salafīs who spread backward, extremist ideas, with officials not taking action against them.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2008
In 2002 the Ministry of Education introduced the subject ’ethics and values’ into the curriculum, however in recent years it have received substantial criticism and now seems to be on the way out.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
This article comments on the Islamization of Copts in Alexandria. It has been claimed that there is a fixed price paid for middlemen who convince Copts to convert to Islam. The author reports on some incidents of conversion to Islam that took place in Alexandria.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2008
Dr. Rushdī Shihātah Abu Zayd comments on the importance and role of houses of worship.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Muhammad Nūr reports on the different opinions of Muslim scholars concerning the recent fatwá of Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī regarding prayer times.