Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
In their celebration of Palm Sunday and Easter, non-Catholic and Catholic Egyptian churches stressed the importance of achieving peace and stability in Iraq and Palestine.
Date of source: Thursday, April 17, 2003
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Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
Bishop Lukas stressed that the war on Iraq overstepped all norms. It is a war that is religiously rejected and is against international legitimacy. He believes that both American and British people are against this war, as many governmental officials resigned.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
The author criticizes the fact that some religious concepts, one of which is jihad, have been taken out of their traditional and historical context and are applied in a completely different framework. Jihad in the past was declared by an imam who had both political and religious authority to...
Date of source: Thursday, April 10, 2003
Omar Bakri, leader of London-based Al-Muhajjerin [emigrants] group, says that US soldiers in Iraq are legal targets for the mujahideen who want to attack US-British forces.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2003
The author criticizes an article by Dr. Essam Al-Erian, a Brotherhood member, titled “Jihad by [engaging in] war…should it be a duty [on Muslims] in the war on Iraq?” He criticizes Al-Erian for associating jihad with war. This association gives the impression that dividing jihad into military and...
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim is leaving Cairo today for the US for treatment in Colombia University Hospital. He expresses satisfaction at the end of the US war on Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2003
The British Home Secretary declared that Britain has withdrawn its citizenship from Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza Al-Masri, head of the London-Based Ansar Al-Shari´a [Shari´a supporters] group.
Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2003
The author comments on the effect of the war in Iraq on Muslims in France. He believes that the French anti-war attitude has reconciled their religious and national identities.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2003
The author advises Muslim youth on how to help their brothers in Iraq and Palestine. He believes that the war on Iraq is not the only crisis the Islamic umma [nation] is going through these days. He elaborates on the Qur´anic verse “Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people...