Philippines

Nirmīn al-Shawādifī wrote on the release of the Azhar’s envoy to The Philippines Shaykh Muhammad al-Sayyid Mūsá, who was charged with plotting a terrorist attack in The Philippines.

A recent report about discrimination in the workplace has stated that Copts in Egypt are victims of discrimination. The Egyptian government refutes the allegations but here the author highlights ten factors that show this discrimination.

‘Ādil Jundī writes his article from the perspective of a Muslim Egyptian, saying that he would work hard to purify his religious heritage by subjecting it to reason and research.

Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the president of the

Azhar University, blames the

eruption of conflict in many parts of the world and the

development of the crusades as holy wars on the Catholic

Church’s reading of the Holy Bible.

The new president of the Islamic Society of North America admonishes President Bush for using terms like “Islamic fascists” to describe terrorists responsible for killing Americans. She states that "terrorism, crime or violence" is a proper description for such attacks.

Christian organizations have continued their attacks against

Muslims, alleging that the persecution of

Copts is the most important human rights issue. This was alleged by an

organization called the Patriotic

Federation of Missionaries and came at the same time as many false accusations

from other

organizations.
Some Christian organizations are also linked to the international Zionist

movement,

and have warned Christians against traveling to Bethlehem in Palestine because there is a danger from

Muslims. Furthermore, the Committee of Middle East Christians has refused to issue a statement that

denounces

Israeli assaults against Christian Palestinians because they believe that such denunciations

should be made against

Muslims first.

Abdel Haliem

Mansi discusses the

treatment of non-Muslims in Muslim countries, examining Islam’s respect of the people of

the book, Jews, Christians

and Muslims. He also presents the example of the way that Nagaashi, the king of

Habshaa, dealt with Muslims

seeking refuge in his kingdom.

The fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a strong reminder of the continued war declared by Islamism against the world, and especially the “infidel West.” This article approaches some of the many questions that that have been raised by the war.

The author publishes a document written in the form of a message from Hasan al

-Bannā, the founder and murshid of the Muslim Brotherhood, in which he called for pan-Arab economic,

political and military cooperation and for reaching a fair and durable solution to the Palestinian issue.

The

movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code, will not

be seen in Egypt

when it is released worldwide on May 19, 2006, ‘Abd al-Latīf Jābir writes

in al-Sharq

al-Awsat of May 10, 2006. The controversy comes as the movie claims that Jesus married Mary

Magdalene

and fathered children, a claim considered to be an affront to the Christian faith.