Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Labīb suggests that Islamic civilization has remained silent about the institutional structure that should shoulder the responsibility of ensuring that power is not abused. It has also never acknowledged political plurality, and there have been zero efforts to get the people to participate in...
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm states that fear of, and interest in, Islam have grown since September 11, 2001, and that Muslims should not deny this fact or settle for hurling naأ¯ve accusations against others of "concocting intrigues and conspiracies" against Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Yousuf Sidhom, in his final article of the Coptic expatriates conference in Washington, presents excerpts of the papers that carried concepts vital for the future phase of Egypt’s reform.
Date of source: Saturday, December 24, 2005 to Friday, December 30, 2005
Qutb’s ideology was the driving force for many Islamic groups, some of whom, such as al-Takfīr Wa al-Hijra, have gone to extremes.
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006 to Saturday, December 30, 2006
‘Abd al-Rāziq, professor of sharī‘a and theology at the Dār al-‘Uloum says that his study of the names of Allāh has taken two years of immense research of over 50 encyclopedias comprising 20,000 books. He elaborated that many of the names of Allāh are not among the 99 attributes of God, known to...
Date of source: Monday, December 5, 2005
Samīr Sarhān argues for the need to have an integrated perspective of religion and, at the same time, raise the banners of science and objectivity.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
The author suggests that beyond the complaints about poverty and unemployment lies an intellectual crisis, which is revealed in terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The author argues that obstructing the right to ijtihād [legislating or enacting a law which is not based on Qur’an or the Sunna] is hindering the development of Egypt. He argues that those who despise intellectuals and monopolize facts and ideas in the name of preserving Islam are in fact...
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
In his book, The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization, published 2004, Bulliet re-examines the relationship between the Islamic and Christian civilizations and argues that "there is a far better case for Islamo-Christian civilization than there is for a clash of civilizations.”
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005 to Friday, November 11, 2005
The author argues that the Saudi Wahābīs are using their petrodollars to propagate Islam as a religion of violence and extremism, and not one of science, modern technology and innovation.