Date of source: Friday, September 9, 2005
In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. Khālid Abu al-Fadl, President George Bush’s appointee to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, gave his opinions on religious democracy, the secularization of religion and Islamic preaching.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Amidst a wave of racially-motivated attacks against Muslims in the wake of the London bombings, Dr. Zakī Badawī, principal of the Muslim College in London has advised Muslim women to stop wearing the hijāb.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
A recent poll in Britain has shown that over two thirds of the Muslim students in the country believe that British foreign is to blame for the July terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
The British government has chosen Tāriq Ramadān, Muslim intellectual and grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood’s founder, to work as an anti-fundamentalist-extremism advisor.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
A senior Muslim cleric in London issued a fatwa saying that suicide operations are halāl [religiously permissible], according to Islamic sharīca. He even said that they are a religious obligation. However, following the bombings on the London Underground that killed scores of people and has led to...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’s largest Islamic organization, has called upon the BBC to apologize to Muslims and to investigate the accusations of extremism lodged against Muslims in the documentary Panorama.
Date of source: Thursday, August 25, 2005
Despite all the measures being taken to prevent them reoccurring, terrorist acts have a significant impact on investment. It is likely that the cost of the ‘war on terror’ for the Arab Islamic world will continue to be massive.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Europeans have different views about relations with Islam. Some believe that Islam and the West can never live together, arguing that the West should reduce the numbers of Muslims within its borders, closing the door on immigration. Others argue that there is a need for dialogue with both moderate...
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005 to Friday, August 26, 2005
Whoever wants to get acquainted with the sources of terror will have to delve deep into our heritage. Without directly examining the very roots of our way of thinking, one can never eradicate the paralysis of the intellect.
Date of source: Monday, August 22, 2005
Terrorism has dominated the headlines over the last couple of years, and it is now widely believed that terrorism will never be eliminated.