Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The author argues that some Muslim scholars were unfairly branded as propagating extremist ideas as far as relations between Muslims and non-Muslims are concerned. He promotes equality for Christians and Muslims, even unto presidential candidates.
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
Over the last twenty years, some Islamic movements have preferred to work within their societies regarding their governments "the closer enemy.” They have divided the world into two sections: Dār al-Islām (the land of Islam), and Dār al-Harb (the land of war).
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
After the September 11, 2001 incidents, a fierce war on terror has started and it even grew fiercer with after the Madrid 11, 2004 bombings. Some believed that the terror networks have been diluted, only to be shocked by the July 7, 2005 bombings in the heart of London, which revealed the emergence...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Germany plans to introduce a "test of loyalty" to Muslims applying for German nationality and India warns of potential terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
The wife of the leader of the banned Egyptian Islamic group al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya, Dr. ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, who is serving a life sentence in U.S. jails, says that her husband’s health is deteriorating due to lack of medical care in U.S. prisons.
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
A state of calm prevails once again in the prison cells of the al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya detainees after leader of the Jamā‘a, Karam Zuhdī, rescinded his statement in which he declared his full support for President Mubārak.
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
London-based Egyptian fundamentalist and director of London’s al-Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies, Hānī al-Sibā‘ī, told al-Sharq al-Awsat that he will hold the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights responsible for any harm that befalls him if he is deported to Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
Competition in the Bar Association elections is expected to be between Sameh Ashour, the present chief, and Raga’i Attia, his former competitor. The Muslim Brotherhood insists on overthrowing Ashour no matter how. Muhammad Touson, the person in charge of the lawyers’ department at the Guidance...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
Muslim fundamentalists in London expressed their concern over the deteriorating heath of Sultan Barakat Semada a [Muslim] fundamentalist detained at the Egyptian Torah prison.