Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 25, 2003
Poet Ahmed Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi criticizes the fact that Maxim Rodinson’s book about the Prophet Muhammad will not be taught at AUC, as it defames the Prophet. He asked people to enjoy literature instead of censoring it.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 6, 2005
The Holy Synod of the [Greek] Orthodox Church, which is the biggest orthodox clerical organization in Palestine, decided to defrock Patriarch Irineos, for reasons of selling church property to colonizing organizations [reference to selling Greek Orthodox property, land and buildings, to Israel,...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 8, 2003
In the second incident targeting Christian missionaries in Lebanon, a Jordanian living in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, was killed with an explosive device that was put in front of the flat of his neighbor, a Dutch missionary.
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 10, 2003
A Jordanian court has sentenced journalist Mousa Hawamda to three months imprisonment for the charge of defaming Islam in his poetic anthology “My Trees are Higher,” published in 1999. Many Islamists issued fatwas accusing him of kufr [unbelief] and allowing his blood to be shed. Hawamda stressed...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 3, 2003
A number of extremist American organizations supporting Zionism are discussing the possibility of including the Azhar on the list of terrorist groups worldwide. These organizations examine representing an official request to the US administration, based on the fact that the Azhar has declared jihad...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2003
Saudi authorities dismissed a number of preachers and mosque imams for discussing political issues in their sermons. The Minister of Islamic Affairs said that preachers should not discuss political issues, as they are not journalists or announcers.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim will travel to the US on April 12 for treatment.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2005
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Institute under Grand Imām Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī approved banning the publication of books that “foment sedition and cause rifts in the Arab and Muslim ranks.”
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 14, 2003
British Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned its citizens that the risk of their being attacked by terrorist in Morocco has increased. The warning is posted on the ministry’s website
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2003
The Minister of Endowments denies reports about US Aid being allocated to mosques so that they are not run by civil societies. He stresses that the policy of putting mosques under the surveillance of the Ministry is not carried out according to instructions from foreign bodies.