Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2007
ʿAmru Mūsā; an Egyptian politician and diplomat who holds the position of Secretary-General of the Arab Leagueand plays a pivotal role in negotiations around most of the major disputes in the Arab world. Such negotations are in regards to the disputes between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
A controversy regarding whether a Christian can translate the Qur’ān was recently triggered when a Christian researcher in Morocco translated the Muslim holy book into a Berber language, which upset religious scholars in Morocco.
Some Islamic scholars at the Azhar say that it is not allowed...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Hassān Sabrah writes that the Muslim Brotherhood has suffered political losses in every Arab country; not only in Egypt, but also in Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Iraq.
"They lost in all Arab parliaments, but won religious Du‘ā’," says Sabrah.
According to Sabrah, Muslim Brothers know the Qur’ān...
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2010
CIDT Intern Vanessa Panaligan analyzes the role and effectiveness of a new breed of religious authority--the Islamic telepreacher....
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2008
The Christian Democratic Appeal of the city council of Slotervaart in The Netherlands rejects the proposal to teach Islam in public schools.
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: Friday, June 13, 2008
The article discusses Jews in Iraq and the contribution that they made to society before emigrating to Israel.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2008
The author presents a series of three articles reviewing memoirs of Moroccan ‘Umar al-Nāsir – the pseudonym of a spy who infiltrated al-Qā‘idah in Afghanistan at the behest of European intelligence agencies.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
‘Abīr ‘Atiyyah reports about the studies and papers presented in the annual conference for the Egyptian Organization for historical studies.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2008
The mosque in Paris disagrees with Sarkozy’s ideas regarding the Islamic community in France.