Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2007 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2007
Wafā’ Shu‘ayrah reports on the lawsuits filed by Islamized Christians who want to convert back to Christianity.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2007
Many scholars from all Islamic denominations insist that apostates should be sentenced to death although many of the Qur’ānic texts clearly assert the importance of freedom of thought and belief.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2006
The author of
the
article argues that interfaith dialogue is not the solution for followers of different religions to overcome
fanaticism,
but rather that co-existence and respecting different beliefs are required.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2005 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2005
The author discusses the different notions of ‘ridda’ and ideas of the punishment of the apostate as they appear in the Holy Qur’ān and the hadīths.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2005
Islam set clear guidelines for human rights hundreds of years prior to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Islam respects human rights regardless of creed, sex or color.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2006
A discussion of the Qur’ānic basis for hudoud, the punishment of specific crimes, and how the hudoud should be applied in society.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2005
The author argues that Islam knows no violence, terrorism or compulsion and that Egypt’s Christians welcomed the Islamic conquests since they liberated their churches from the Byzantines and returned them to the Christians.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2005
Legal battles between Shaykh Yousuf al-Badrī and human rights activists continue over the case of the priest’s wife, Wafā’ Costantine, who converted to Islam.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2005
The muftī of Egypt speaks about human rights in Islam, arguing that Islam was the first to establish a constitution to protect man’s life and property and to grant him the right to freedom of belief and expression.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2004
The prominent preacher Dr. Al-Ahmadi Abu Al-Nour, former Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] stressed that Muslims are the enemies of no one and that over the course of history Muslims have maintained a policy of co-existence and dialogue with ‘others’ [non-Muslims]. Abu Al-Nour said...