Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue said that the aim of inter-religious dialogue is to prove that Islam is not calling for extremism. He added that the West distorted the history of the Crusades to prove that it was Muslims who attacked them. He said that...
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2001
Instead of isolation of fundamentalist leaders living in exile, they are now making statements through e-mail or web sites, declaring their point of view.. The newest e-Jihad site is the Mujahidin, supervised by the Arab-Afghans. In the Mujahidin site, published in Arabic, English, and Turkish, is...
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
This is the third part of the dramatic scene in which the writer gives the pros and the cons of the idea of establishing an Islamic party by the Muslim Brotherhood through a conversation between three friends [see RNSAW week 49, article 6 and week 50, article 3]. The friend who opposed the idea is...
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2000
Dr. Yohanna Qolta, the Deputy Patriarch of the Catholic Copts, spoke about his memories about the month of Ramadan and about the impact of Islam on his writings. He pointed out the reasons behind the appearance of the term "emigrant Copts" and the attitude of his church towards them. He also spoke...
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2000
Because of the increased and continuing atrocities of the State of Israel, the Islamic Scholars around the world declared this Ramadan a month of Intifada saying that it is a divine obligation upon the Muslims world-wide to respond to their call verbally, financially, physically and militarily.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
Through an imaginary dialogue between the author and two of his friends, he gives the pros and cons to the idea of establishing an Islamic party for the Muslim Brotherhood. While one of the friends is of opinion that announcing such a party will push the country two hundred years back in time, the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
In the light of events in Egypt and demonstrations calling for a boycott in response to the attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque, the article tries to answer the question of "How can Egypt avoid extremist attacks which aim at blocking the way to stability?"
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
After Friday prayers, a an old man asked the Sheikh of the Azhar "Why did you not speak to the worshipers about Jihad to liberate Palestine?" The Sheikh replied, "You [plural] go and make Jihad" and pushed away the man violently. Then he said to the Sheikh, "The Aqsa Mosque is burning, it is...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
The Sheikh of Al-Azhar is seen to dampen the zeal of those calling for tough action against Israel while the Mufti is described as being the exact opposite of the Sheikh.