Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

The imām of the Islamic Center in New York spoke to al-Usbū ^c newspaper about Muslims who live in the West and believes that Western Muslims should work together to promote Islam and restore its image.

Muhammad Hassān, one of the most popular Muslim preachers not only in Egypt but all over the Islamic world, spoke to al-Maydān about a number of important issues.

Majdī Khalīl reviews the proposed platform of the Muslim Brotherhood in order to refute their claims that they support democracy and citizenship.

The author comments on the platform of the Muslim Brotherhood, believing that it eliminates the basis of the civil state in order to promote a religious state instead.

The author claims that Egypt has been a hotbed of successive Muslim conquerors.

The Muslim Brotherhood group has finally published their assumed political party’s platform. The platform has been criticized by a number of human rights activists, regarding it a step backward as it is built upon religious authority.

The article discusses the platform of the long-awaited Muslim Brotherhood party. When Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī rejects the idea of establishing the Islamic Ummah, Sāmiḥ Fawzī refers to their trend to turn the basis of the political process from patriotic into sectarian.

The author discusses the Jihād Organization’s reviews, and questions the true intention behind them. He wonders if Islamic groups will ever really give up the practice of violence. He stresses the need to understand the ideology in order to effectively combat it.

During its campaigns for the Shūrá Council elections, the Muslim Brotherhood issued an electoral platform that underlines the importance of general freedoms. Believing that Copts are welcome to all posts, it also supports the role played by the church in implementing social norms. The platform is defined by some as a means of attracting the West into supporting the group’s claim for power in Egypt.

The article represents different

opinions of Muslim scholars about the official and legitimate fatwá.