Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Portraying the role of Muslim orthodox Caliphs in drama has been forbidden before in
Egypt and other Arab
countries.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Rifa‘t Fikrī Sa‘īd, an Evangelical pastor, replies to
reproaches
from Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā that the Evangelical church stayed quiet in the
aftermath of
Pope Benedict XVI ‘s discourse on Islam and violence.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Salīm
al-‘Awa criticizes the
abilities of the Shaykh of al-Azhar in drawing up
fatwás, since he is not a specialist in Islamic
jurisprudence.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
The article deals with statements made by thinkers and politicians
during the annual
iftār banquet hosted by the Muslim Brotherhood group, in which they agreed that
democracy will
provide an effective prescription for Egypt’s ailments, such as corruption and monopolistic
practices by...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
Muhammad al-Bāz wonders whether Shaykh al-Qaradāwī really
deserved the humiliation and
insults that Moroccan clergy directed at him after his controversial fatwá
on bank interest.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
The controversial Islamic writer Jamāl al-Bannā reveals his views on the reasons behind religious violence, ijtihād and Islamic conquests.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
In this article in the series, the author draws upon the writings of Hasan al-Bannā and his assertion that Arab unity is central to Islamic unity.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Moroccan fundamentalists respond to al-Qaradāwī’s
fatwá on bank loans.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Egyptian Shaykh al-Qaradāwī
pronounced
a fatwá that enables Moroccans to use bank interest to obtain accommodation. The
fatwá
aroused the anger of Moroccan Muslim intellectuals who considered it interference in
Morocco’s interior affairs.