Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Watani devotes a full page of information about Muslims in America to refute Arabic press reports about Muslims in the US having problems. It gives some demographic facts about Muslims and the rights they enjoy in the US. It gives an overview of the different “emigration waves” of Muslims and how...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Unknown persons threw a bomb at a mosque in Venlo in the Netherlands. A synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium was attacked with molotov cocktails. The Belgian police detained the president of the Arab-European Association. The police suspected him as one of the leaders causing riots in Belgium.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Robert Fisk argues that while Western media has most of the facts correct, they blatantly refuse to report on the actual causes of conflicts. He criticizes a media which reports about terrorism committed by Muslims and anti-American sentiment without revealing why these sentiments are present in...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
President Bush stated that the defamation campaign against Islam does not reflect the feelings of his administration nor the feelings of most Americans. Many Islamic and Arab organizations welcome his statement. The author believes that it is not as strong as the campaign and that it is the least...
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2002
Right wing fundamentalists Christians, known in Egypt as Zionist Christianity, enjoy far-reaching influence on the current American administration. Their influence is more active and profound than that of the Zionist right wing. This is because it focuses on the religious and cultural conflicts...
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2002
Thousands of Dutch people showed their interest to join the Muslim community in the Netherlands in fasting for Ramadan. They sent e-mails to Arabic and Islamic internet sites asking about the times of beginning and ending and the morals, the benefits and the main aim of fasting.
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2002
Some members of the Dutch parliament asked the Ministry of Public Security to close some Islamic schools in the Netherlands. They claim that these schools do not respect the Dutch laws. The ministry decided to close these schools if they prove unable to integrate within Dutch society.
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2002
The article gives an overview of two Swiss books on Islam, "Islam in Switzerland” and "The Arab World in the Eyes of the Swiss: The Middle East, The Core of Conflict." The two books show how Swiss think about Islam and how Muslims live in Switzerland.
Date of source: Friday, November 1, 2002
The author gives details of the dialogue that took place between the Egyptian group and professors and students of Westminster University in the framework of the dialogue program organized by the American Presbyterian Church. The dialogue focused on human rights in Egypt and the relation between...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Representatives of the revealed religions held their second periodical meeting in London. They praised the Sheikh of the Azhar and the archbishop of England. They considered occupation as the main reason behind all the tragedies that take place in Israel and Palestine.