Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2004
Paris rejected a Jewish call from a US-based Jewish group for legal action against a leading Islamic organization in France, accused of anti-Semitism and alleged to have contacts with the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2004
The Dutch government declared that it has taken new measures in its campaign to counter the threats of terrorism and extremist groups that call for “armed jihad.” These measures came after the escalation of extreme-right voices calling on the government to take steps of this kind especially in the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 2004
Dutch police arrested yesterday a 23-year-old Moroccan man suspected of involvement in the stabbing to death filmmaker Theo Van Gogh last Tuesday.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2004
A Dutch filmmaker, who produced a controversial film depicting Islamic culture in an offensive way, was assassinated by a Moroccan man. Theo Van Gogh, 37, was stabbed an shot yesterday after a series of death threats that he received during the screening of his film, “Submission,” on Dutch...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2004
Jurisprudential controversy over bank interest is back again with a fatwa of the Grand Imam of the Azhar saying interests are halal [lawful according to the Islamic shari’a] whether they are fixed in advance or not. However, bank interest is still a hot issue for many religious scholars.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2004
Scholars got together at the Forum for Islamic Thought that is organized by the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Awqaf [religious Endowments]. They discussed many points and stressed that Islam is a form of tolerance God revealed to the world and that it is not in need of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2004
A group of Arab intellectuals intend to bring suit against Muslim sheikhs notorious for their instigating of violence fatwas with the accusation of encouraging terrorism. 3000 Arab and Muslim intellectuals from Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and the Gulf signed a memorandum for this purpose....
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2004
A Greek Catholic church reopened last Sunday as a family held a baptism there, one day after five churches in the Iraqi capital were targeted in bomb attacks.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 10, 2004
Religious scholars and muezzins are still arguing about Ministry of Awqaf [Religious Endowments’] decision to unify the azan in Cairo by the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The local council rejects the decision completely.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2004
Muslim fundamentalists in London expressed their concern over the deteriorating heath of Sultan Barakat Semada a [Muslim] fundamentalist detained at the Egyptian Torah prison.