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Angry reactions in Arab and Islamic countries continued over the desecration of the Qur’ān by US soldiers in the prison of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as new evidence disclosed slackness by the US administration to follow up the case that dates to one year back.
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British Home Secretary Charles Clarke has not ruled out another wave of bombings. Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the persons involved in the recent 7/7 bombings in London have offended Islam by acting under the name of Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2004
Today, we will discuss the factors affecting this loss of trust between the Islamic world and the West and the obstacles to restoring this lost trust. We cannot say that trust between the West and the Islamic world has vanished completely but it was very negatively affected by the following factors...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on political Islam, and the people that have fought to combat this image of Islam. She further comments on controversial Fatwás, as well as Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2007
British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was captured for 11 days by the Taliban in 2001, talks about her personal experience with Islamists in Afghanistan and her decision to embrace Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
TheJihād Group officially declares their initiative to cease of the use of violence. While many of the Islamic groups approved of the initiative, many seem to complicate the issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The latest terrorist attacks in Algeria and Morocco were a considerable warning of the increasing power of the Islamic groups in general and that of al-Qā‘idah in particular. The attacks sparked world wide protests and many people attributed them to the U.S. strategy in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2007
Al-Zayyāt, the
lawyer of the Islamic groups, assures the Jihād Organization’s decision to cease violence enjoys the support of the
leading figures within the Islamic groups.
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2007
The article analyzes the trend of Islamic groupsto fight their way to power under the cloak of religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Lawyer of the Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah,Mamdūh Ismā‘īl, strongly denied any connection to Ayman al-Zawāhrī or acting under his instructions.
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2007
German Chief of Intelligence Ernst Urlau discusses the German’s attempts to resolve the crisis of its hostages in Iraq, asserting that Germany continues to support the war against terrorism, in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel.
Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2008 to Friday, February 15, 2008
Mirvat al-Hutaym reports on the military life of a female Muslim soldier in the U.S. Army. Major Shāridah Husayn, a soldier of Caribbean origin, spoke about her dream to become the first Muslim preacher in the U.S. Army.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
The article is the second episode of reviewing ‘Azīz Fahmī’s book: ‘Isqāṭ Naẓarīyat Sirā‘ al-Ḥaḍārāt wa-I‘ādat Taqdīm al-Islām lil-‘Aql al-Gharbī’ [Toppling the Theory of the Clash of Civilizations and Re-introducing Islām to the Western Mind] in which he responds to Huntington’s theory of the...
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In its recent book “Islam and the challenges of the 21st century,” the Gama?a Islāmīyah critiques the theory that confrontation should take place between Muslims and Christians, and East and the West. The Gama?a responded to those propagating this theory and asked Muslims not to consider any human...
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The article gives different views on Sheikh Amr Khaled and his way of preaching. It also shows the criticism leveled at Christian journalist Mofied Fawzy because of his comments on Khaled and the issue of the veil, and how Fawzy responds to this criticism.
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Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt stress that the future general guide will be chosen from among the members of the
?Guidance Committee,? who are all Egyptians. Leaders of the international Brotherhood group object to confining the
position of the general guide to Egyptian leaders.
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Asharq al-Awsat and al-Musawwar interviewed a leader of the Gama?at al-Islāmīyah and asked him about how the Gama?at were established, the conditions in which the initiative of denouncing violence was declared and the reasons behind their ideological reconsideration. Akher Saa interviewed a...
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The Azhar and the Anglican Church signed a dialogue agreement that aims at
prompting the common values
between Islām and Christianity. After signing the agreement, the British Prime Minister met with the Shaykh of the
Azhar and thanked him for his role in consolidating the relationships between...
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Dr. Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, the secretary general of the Supreme Council for Culture, responds to an article entitled, ’No Theocracy in Islām,’ authored by the grand Imām of the Azhar, Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī, published in al-Ahrām on February 21, 2007.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Yvonne
Ridley is a 48-year-old British journalist best known for her capture by the Tālibān and subsequent
conversion to Islām. After she was released, Ridley spoke to the Western press about the Tālibān’s
treatment of women and the respect she received from her captors.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The author comments on Pope Benedicts XVI’s controversial statement while making extreme statements about the nature of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Secretly installed cameras in a few mosques in the U.K. reported the fanatic opinions of the mosque preacher against Westerners. Porter discusses the consequences of the volatile opinions that some of the Muslim fanatics were preaching against non-Muslims. For the writer, it would help if Muslims...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2007
In a series of articles entitled, ‘The Perils of a Religious State,’ Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Culture, warns of the dangers of Islamic theocracy.
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Dr. Ḥasan Hanafī discusses the strategies followed to deal with Islamic groups and organizations.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The article discusses honor killings and the reasons behind them. It highlights organizations that are attempting to combat these crimes, and their frequency throughout the Islamic and Western worlds.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author discusses the belief that secularism is the only way of making headway and progress in the Arab world. He critiques Lafīf Lakhdar’s arguments, and considers how relevant they are in reforming Islamic society.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The Egyptian minister of endowments visits Egyptian cities to call for the new Islamic discourse that is necessary in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
In his three articles, ‘Abd al-Khāliq stresses the anti-Islamic strategy of the United States and highlights the role of the American Democratic Party to mend the deformed picture of the U.S. in its two sided foreign strategy.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The author questions what the security bodies’ reaction toward a man who comes from Afghanistan and proclaims himself Shaykh of the Azhar would be, holds prayers and celebrations instead of Shaykh Muhamad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
A conference held by the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue discussed the importance of dialogue in establishing a coexisting culture and accepting the other.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
In a series of articles, entitled, ‘The Perils of a Religious State,’ Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Culture, examines the first calls for the establishment of a religious state and warns of its dangers.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Al-Zawāhirī discusses the conflict
between Islām and atheism and the current circumstances that the Arab region is experiencing in a new video tape.
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
A fatwá issued by the British
Muslim Forum considers Muslim soldiers who are killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as ’martyrs,’ provoked an
outcry amongst the British Muslim community.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The author rejects enforcing political
systems that early Muslims
followed in contemporary society because this could prevent the country from
modernizing. He paints a fanciful
picture of how society would be if such political systems were applied.
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2006
Husām Suwaylam writes about the declarations
made by General John Abizaid that the world will face a third
World War if the growing Islamic extremism is
not controlled.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The author discusses the pope’s recent visit to Turkey, and emphasizes the intellectual
battle raging between the West and the religious ideology of today, both in the Vatican and in militant Islam.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī writes about Takfīr and Rose al- Yūsuf, questioning the role of the Islamic Research Academy. Fawzī highlights the phenomena of recorded tapes that put national unity under threat as they encourage religious discrimination and call for supporting mujāhids.
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2002
America does not follow the right way of combating terrorism. The terrorist political-religious organizations in
the Arab-Islamic world aim at overthrowing the established Arab and Islamic regimes. If America wants to win the
Arab-Islamic countries to its side in the anti-terrorism war, it should...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
The USA is unable to provide the world with an objective view of how
to deal with terrorism. Each country is the most capable party of solving the problems of terrorism within its
borders. For this to be done, each country needs a space of freedom and justice to work in.
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2002
Gamal Ismail, a
journalist, played an important role in the relationship between Jezira TV and the Qā‘idah organization. He
wrote a book called ?I, Jezira TV, and Osama Bin-Laden.? He wrote that his experience with Jezira TV shows that
Jezira TV did not aim at revealing the truth but making...