Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2003
Overview of a report by Human Rights Watch on hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims. The report says that anti-Muslim hate crimes in the US rose 1700 percent during 2001.
Date of source: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Egyptian Muslim thinker, Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shahīn believes western countries are willfully attacking Islam. He feels the confrontation will not abate, but grow more fierce.
Date of source: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Vice President of the Permanent Committee of the Azhar for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions, Dr. ‘Alī al-Sammān, feels that some key Islamic figures are perhaps oppressed in many Western countries. However, he asserts that the West has every right to protect itself from terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Saturday, September 17, 2005
In the wake of July 7 blasts, the British government has published a list of practices it considers ‘unacceptable’ within the United Kingdom.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
British church officials have announced an initiative to issue an apology to Muslims for the Iraq war waged by the US-led alliance arguing that the West has committed a ‘litany’ of mistakes in Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2005
The following article provides excerpts from the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, released in 2004.
Date of source: Thursday, September 8, 2005
Statistics from Britain’s last census show that of the 1.1 million people living in the U.K., but born abroad, over 600,000 originate from Islamic countries.
Date of source: Friday, September 9, 2005
In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. Khālid Abu al-Fadl, President George Bush’s appointee to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, gave his opinions on religious democracy, the secularization of religion and Islamic preaching.
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2005
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, an Egyptian physician, writer, feminist, sociologist and activist, has always had controversial perspectives on women’s issues.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Amidst a wave of racially-motivated attacks against Muslims in the wake of the London bombings, Dr. Zakī Badawī, principal of the Muslim College in London has advised Muslim women to stop wearing the hijāb.