Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2002
The Creed and Philosophy Committee of the Islamic Research Institute has decided to give the apostate a life time chance to recant his apostate ideas and not only a three-day chance as is laid down in the Islamic fiqh [jurisdiction]. Many Azhar scholars have objected to this decision.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2002
[AWR: This is a full text translation of a Dutch text with permission of the author.]
Sociology professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim: “You can beat Saddam Hussein, no doubt. But what you cannot do is prevent a new Saddam Hussein from appearing, a new Bin Laden. As long as there is no democracy, no state...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2002 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2002
Rose El-Youssef´s special file on extremism for this week shows how the magazine resisted extremism. It also discussed the reasons for Egypt´s success in overcoming terrorism, the issue of the cassettes containing lectures by sheikhs who claim to preach in the name of religion, the...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 25, 2002
The motivation, objectives and program of an RNSAW workshop for Egyptian journalists in cooperation with the Al-Ahram Institute for Regional Journalism. The workshop is financed by the Dutch Embassy and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and covers human rights issues, women, Western and Arab media, freedom...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Mo´ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that Muslims need to adopt a religious discourse that can reconcile them with the whole world. He added that all scholars have the right to give fatwas and even women can give fatwas.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2002
The Crusades, with all its consequences and impacts, are a stumbling block in the way of the continuation of the relationship between the East and the West. Also associating Islam with terrorism and attacking some Islamic countries, in the name of fighting terrorism, is a cross road in their...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2002
It was reported that America asked some Islamic countries to develop their religious education and that an American-British delegation had visited the Azhar to get acquainted with its curricula. The papers reported such news items play a negative role, as they give the impression that the mission...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 1, 2002
Reforming the religious discourse means neither changing any of the bases of Islam nor being biased towards the group to which the religious discourse is directed. Also it is not only confined to developing the ways of Da´awa. Reforming the religious discourse means reforming the Islamic...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2002
Ibrahim Sa´ada´s article “A message from an unknown woman,” shows the corruptions of the religious extremists and how their behavior may lead their children to apostasy. It pointed out that both education and media institutions and not only the religious institutions are responsible for...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2002 to الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 25, 2002
Amr Khaled has appeared again in the field of da´wa, although the ministry of Awqaf declared that he is not qualified and does not have a permit to work as a da´iya. He chose a number of public mosques and other mosques under construction to restart his activities. The article gives the opinions of...