Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf esteems the great contributions in Islamic thinking of well-known Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic literature, Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, who recently left Egypt for The Netherlands after a court ordered him to separate from his wife.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The article is arguing about the relationship between Islam and art, as many fatwas have been made about the impermissibility of art and that Muslims should not be involved in any forms of art.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author states that the Ministry of Awqāf [Endowments] has made efforts to keep quackery books away from the general public.
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
The author explains that disputes among Muslims are negatively affecting Islamic unity. These disputes are the result of two widespread misconceptions. The first is taqiyā and the second is the extreme sanctification of imāms.
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
A 19-year-old student at the Secretary Institute, Teresa Ghattās Kāmil Girgis, has been reported missing by her older brother, who accuses Mu‘tazz Muhammad Mutwallī of being behind his sister’s disappearance.
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
Ibrāhim ‘Abd al-Shahīd Sidhum was sentenced to death over the alleged murder of his wife and a microbus driver after his reported voluntarily conversion to Islam. Three years after the verdict had been given, and a few weeks before the implementation of the death penalty, a video was found showing...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
In a panel held on the sidelines of the Cairo International Book Fair, Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a surprised everyone when he announced that Najīb Mahfouz’ controversial Awlād Hāratnā was not referred to the Azhar for religious opinion.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The author is criticizing the influence of clerics on the minds of the ordinary people, calling for an end to this clerical domination in order to allow the people to think for themselves, not through a class of theocrats.
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: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Certain parties have managed to dominate the minds of some Europeans and bring them into a state of genuine panic about losing their national identity at the hands of what they called the Islamic cultural invasion. This has been one effective result of the boycott against Denmark following the...