Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
In an interview with the authors, the dean of the Academy of
Sharī‘ah in the U.S. talked about the status of Muslims in the West especially after the events
of September 11.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The speech of Australia’s Muftī, Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al- Hilālī, during the holy month of Ramaḍān in which he described women who do not wear the veil as ’uncovered meat’ that attracts sexual predators caused heated controversy around Australia yesterday.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
The author records the relations between Arab Muslims and the West, noting that many Westerners believe
that all Muslims are terrorists and that Islām is a religion of violence and terror.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
Leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland seeks apology from
Muslims for the
September 11 attacks and London bombings in return for the pope’s apology for his offence to
Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, October 21, 2006
British official document issued by the Department for Education urging university
lecturers and staff to report on Muslim students.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A school
textbook about Islam is
taught in Spanish schools as part of a project for discovering Islam in Europe.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author discusses what he describes as an anti-Islam campaign in the West, for which, he says, Muslims are partly to be blamed. He noted that Muslims and Arabs have changed their perceptions about Europe after successive clashes and attacks on its teaching in several European countries.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author articulates some basic rules of interfaith dialogue, which he asserts should be followed by all parties.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The French Parliament adopted a law,
imposing jail
sanctions against anyone who denies the Turkish holocaust committed against Armenians during the
First World
War. The law aroused wide arguments in France, Turkey and the European Union in general.