Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2005
Reform of Islamic thought has been a topic for discussion ever since it the idea was initiated by Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abduh and Shaykh Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī back in the 19th century.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
An article claiming that French women, who have converted to Islam, are being recruited for Jihād.
In an interview, Pope Shenouda III answers questions about the Coptic Orthodox Church’s stance towards expatriate Copts and the conference they were to hold to discuss persecution of Copts in Egypt....
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ayman al-Zawāhrī, has allegedly written to Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī, the Jordanian-born chief of the al-Qā‘ida organization in Iraq stating that the organization’s goal must be to set up an Islamic caliphate in Iraq.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
In prison, the true character of Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī was shaped. During the course of his trial, he attacked the judges and accused them of being infidels, impressing Usāma Bin Lādin and Ayman al-Zawāhrī, according to the testimony of al-Qā‘ida member, Sayf al-‘Adl, an Egyptian.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ulfat Ja‘far argues that the US and other Western nations should examine their own school and university curricula concerning Islam, Muslims and Arabs, before trying to have school curricula, particularly theology and history, in Arab and Islamic countries modified.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
In a Palestinian gala, two parents have put a belt of explosives around the body of their four-year-old daughter. The author wonders why human life has become so worthless amongst the Arabs.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Three years ago it was a like a dream to meet ‘Abboud al-Zumur, the imprisoned leader of the Jihād organization and one of the engineers of the 1981 assassination of President Anwar al-Sadāt, at Tura Prison.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) yesterday organized an intellectual panel with the participation of a number of Muslim and Christian religious leaders.
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005
The author finds an Muslim preacher in Vienna who challenges his preconceptions of Islamic leaders in the West.
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
The author suggests that extremists twist religious texts to suit their own aims.