Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2005
In an interview, Shaykh Yousuf al-Qaradāwī argues that secularists want to impose Western philosophy and Western theories about religion, secularism, law, sociology, politics, language and culture on Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
The convicted murderer of Theo van Gogh, has said in court that the United States, the Netherlands and anyone who respects the laws of those countries is a legitimate target for Islamic holy warriors.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2005
The author stresses the need for reaching a clear-cut international definition of terrorism and states that Muslim immigrants are like timed bombs, waiting to explode since they can be easily recruited by terrorists.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Muhammad Wajdī Qandīl writes about how the United States sees Islam and how it intends to deal with what he calls the ’green peril’.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The recent Turkish legislative amendments made according to the human rights criteria of the European Union have failed to secure freedom of expression.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2005
Meunier, the leader of the U.S. Copts Association, recently visited Egypt and met with authorities. Members of the associated are angry that he did so without their involvement and claim that he had no right to speak for their organization or for Copts in general. He refutes their claims.
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The Washington conference gathered guests from more than 15 countries from the Middle East, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, and the author argues that it was an important event that brought together disparate minorities from the Middle East and allowed them to forge new alliances.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Egypt has called on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe nations to give priority to the issue of discrimination against Muslims, particularly in light of the recent cartoons in Denmark that Muslims all over the world consider offensive to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The Director of the Amnesty Spanish branch, Esteban Beltran said that Bagram, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, Abu Gharīb Prison in Iraq and the U.S. Guantanamo base in Cuba are the sites of human rights violations committed by the "the largest democracy in the world.”
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2005
Last November, al-Qā‘ida published a statement on the Internet warning Europe and the United States that the new soldiers of the group were born to kill. Most surprisingly, al-Qā‘ida has made it clear that its new members are native Europeans "of European and Christian parents.”