Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2005
Amnesty International has recently released
a report about the conditions of women in Israel/the occupied territory entitled Israel and the Occupied Territories
Conflict, occupation and patriarchy, Women carry the burden.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 31, 2005
Berlin’s supreme court
upheld a ruling to have the imam of a mosque in the German capital banished on charges of “inciting violence and undermining
social peace.”
Turkish Muslim leader Yacub Tadshi, 59, has reportedly asked for God’s protection for suicide bombers in
Israel and Iraq during a...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 31, 2005
The most prominent Islamic
organization in France signed yesterday, in the presence of the French Minister of the Interior, an agreement to establish an
association for the Islamic activities in France that aims at raising funds to build mosques.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 31, 2005
Gijs de
Vries, the European Union’s anti-terrorist coordinator, called for dissociating Islam from terrorism, an old phenomenon that
had also been witnessed by both Christianity and Judaism in certain stages of their history.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 28, 2005
The
Federation of French Muslims, the largest Muslim organization in France, called on the French authorities to reconsider the
ban imposed on wearing the hijāb at schools and to recognize Muslim holidays.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 27, 2005
Marginalizing religious syllabus
The
Ministry of Education has made art an essential subject in the school syllabi that is calculated in the overall grade, while
the religious education subject is not. When students find out that the religious education subject is not of vital
importance to the...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 25, 2005
In a final statement at the end of the first round of dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue
(IIFD), ulamā’, and Middle Eastern priests, they all concurred to having the interfaith and intercultural dialogue a
religious duty incumbent on the followers of both religions.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 26, 2005
The anti-democratic destruction of democracy with democracy!
How can crippling people, insulting them and spreading panic be called freedom of expression? People must learn how to express their democratic freedom. However, if their expressions contradict the law, harsh punishments should be...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 18, 2005
Dr. Carl W. Ernst, a specialist in Islamic Studies, at the University of North Carolina has affirmed that the US is now witnessing an increasing number of those who wish to explore and know more about Islam.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 18, 2005
Hizb Allāh’s al-Manār television channel, considered a terrorist organization by the United States, will no longer be broadcasted on European satellites starting Monday, media monitors said yesterday.