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Differences of thought within the al-Banna family; from Muslim Brotherhood to European Islam.
Al-Ahrām has interviewed a number of Muslim scholars in an attempt to unearth some of the reasons for the underdevelopment of the Muslim world.
An interview with Dr. Zaghlul al-Najjār on the relationship between science and the Qur’ān. Husām Tammām writes that by the end of the interview, he was convinced that the scientific miracles of the Qur’ān are lies, or at least a knowledge-related scandal.
The working of miracles is not exclusive to the modern scientific theory of the Qur’ān. It has old roots, particularly in Sufism, as there was no blessed, righteous man who did not fly through the air, walk on water or foretell the future.
The headline, containing the words ’scandal’ and ’lie’, was sensationalist and not an accurate reflection of the content of the interview.
It was not Tammām’s questions, but rather Najjār’s articles, that sparked controversy. The problem was with his unconventional opinions, not with the logical argument of al-Najjar’s opponents, who are attempting to expose what they believe to be his chicanery.
‘Amr Khālid is back in the limelight and enjoys this.
Without the right to differ, Nabīl Najīb Salāma argues that there can be no democracy, since variety of opinions, cultures and experiences enriches societies, helping them prosper.
The author argues that the radical changes that Saudi Arabic has witnessed over the past three decades have contributed to a religious and cultural crisis, marked by a failure to interact with modernity.
Radical Islamists have not only settled for censorship in their fight against intellectuals, but have issued fatwas, sentencing to death thinkers with whom they disagree. Intellectuals across the Muslim world have been attacked or assassinated in accordance with these fatwas.

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