Date of source: Friday, February 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: Saturday, January 26, 2002 to Friday, February 1, 2002
Some of the retired actors preferred to stay in the artistic field by discussing issues related to how to produce morally decent acting and the necessity of producing Islamic artistic works. Others moved to the business field and came to be connected to some sheikhs such as Amr Khaled.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2002
In this article the deputy of the Azhar speaks about the attitude of the Azhar towards what is going on in the Islamic world after the attacks of September 11. He also speaks about the role Muslims in the west should play to correct the image of Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002
The message the unknown woman sent to Ibrahim Sa´ada reminded the author of another message sent by a Saudi woman to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. The article gives excerpts of this message, which criticizes the religious education Muslim children receive at schools. This education system, in...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2002
In the first session of the religious committee of the People´s Assembly, President of the People´s Assembly said that Islam has never been a religion that calls for violence or terrorism. The Sheikh of the Azhar said that as distant as heaven is from earth, so terrorism is from jihad....
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002 to Friday, January 18, 2002
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi sated to the Jazirah TV that the prophet Muhammad ordered the killing of some Jews because they swore at him, slandered him and flirted with his wives. It is unthinkable that the Prophet could commit such a crime of secretly plotting and executing the killing of someone.
Date of source: Thursday, February 23, 2006
The head of Der Spiegel’s office in Cairo interviews the Egyptian Nobel laureate novelist Najīb Mahfouz, who gives his views on some controversial matters such as the Arab-West conflict and the freedom of expression.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This press review tackles the Sunni-Shiite clashes in Iraq, the Egyptian initiative forwarded by top Sunni Muslim scholars in Egypt to bring an end to the violence, and the exchanged assaults on the shrines of both sides.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The author notes that while reactions to the Danish cartoons have gotten out of hand, the main force behind those reactions was not religious, but politically-motivated groups. He calls on Muslimsnot to blame all Westerners for the cartoons, and for Westerners in kind to not blame all Muslims for...
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
A review of articles in the Egyptian press on the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, examining the effect of the demonstrations across the Muslim world on Egypt’s tourist industry and suggestions that governments in Islamic countries have encouraged angry opposition to the cartoons to vent...