Date of source: Sunday, November 27, 2005
This article discusses how the crushing of leftist, secularist, democratic and nationalist organizations and movements in some Arab countries, including Egypt, weakens civil society and could encourage extremism.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
A report issued by the US think-tank RAND attacked what it called fundamentalist Islam, which they viewed as a stumbling block on the United States’ way to realize its Crusade-like haughtily political, economic and military purposes in the Muslim world.
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It is not easy to admit that the Coptic issue has become increasingly complicated since the emergence of political Islam and that relations between Muslims and Copts have deteriorated in recent years.
The recommendations of the Washington conference are similar to those of the previous conference...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
According to recent statistics, Muslims account for 2.5 percent of the total population of the United States and about 6 percent of the prisoners in U.S. jails. In France 70 percent of prisoners are Muslim.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Khālid Ahmad al-Tarrāh describes the symposium on terrorism and extremism which linked terrorist acts extremism to poverty, unemployment, political struggle and the widening socio-economic gap.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
The author suggests that beyond the complaints about poverty and unemployment lies an intellectual crisis, which is revealed in terrorist attacks.
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Suhīr Jouda writes of how Islamic investment companies swindled people in the name of religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
An international conference on Islam in Vienna discussed in November a number of issues concerning Islam and its relation to the West. Egyptian Minister of Endowments, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq was invited to the conference to lecture on Islam’s position on globalization.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
Dr. Muhammad al-Bishārī, Chairman of the General Federation of French Muslims asserts that Muslims in Europe are an important part of their evolving societies. However he argues that they face many challenges in European societies and should have the right to preserve their Islamic identities.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
Calls for the expulsion of Danish diplomats from Arab and Muslim countries after Danish cartoonists depict Prophet Muhammad with bombs and weapons.