Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
AWR obtained a paper that was distributed on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 during protests by salafists in front of the Council of State, the Supreme Administrative court, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, a Christian woman who reportedly converted to Islam and was detained inside a church.
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Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The issue of subjecting books of hadīth and interpretation to a process of sifting out Israelite hadīths has resurfaced, although the matter has in the past been met with loud opposition from some religious authorities.
The Azhar University has called for the addition of a new subject to the...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2010
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman critiques a review of Martin Gilbert's In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands....
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: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this second of a three part series on the late Egyptian scholar Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor P.S. van Koningsveld of Leiden University examines the humanistic, yet spiritual legacy of the controversial and beloved Egyptian theologian....
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The people demanding Kamilia's right to convert to Islam are the same people who demand the killing of anyone who questions the Hadith or support a modern interpretation of the Qur'ān. They believe that apostasy should be punishable by death and threaten anyone who claims otherwise. These people...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2010
The author criticizes Abū Islam Ahmad ‘Abd Allāh who considers his attacks against Christianity a kind of jihād.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2010
On April 8 Tariq Ramadan delivered his first public address in the U.S. since the Bush administration revoked his visa in 2004. Ramadan in known for his ability to speak favorably to both leftists and Islamists. However some have derided Ramadan as much more radical than he initially appears. Other...
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 2010
Dr. Ahmad Sūkārnū writes about superficial religiosity in Islamic societies.
Date of source: Saturday, February 13, 2010
Jayson Casper considers two contrasting and controversial views on Islam; those of Imām Faysal ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf and Shaykh Ahmad al-Sāyih. While Imām Faysa's controversy lies in his questioning of the cultural sources of Islam, Shaykh Ahmad is more concerned with questioning the religious sources of...