Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author
criticizes fatwas that prohibit
football and discusses her personal experience while delivering a
lecture at one of Saudi Arabia’s
universities.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
A famous scriptwriter criticizes Islamic fanaticism and “repentant actresses” resuming their artistic careers.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Ahmad Abu
al-Hassan presents Colonel Qadhāfī as the leader of the new war between
the Sufist and the
Salafist movements. Qadhāfī’s war is one in which all possible
weapons are to be employed.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
Thuraya al-Shahrī discusses the current
educational system in Saudi Arabia. She criticizes "male only" universities and stresses the importance of
female
education for future generations.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The
article reads that only a few days after an article was published by
the Washington Post criticizing Saudi
curricula, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) held a
symposium on the issue of the relationship between
Islamic textbooks in Saudi Arabia and the war on
terror.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author
reports insults directed to
the Azhar in the Islamic Centre in London and a similar incident in
Malaysia.
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
The Islamic Centre in London, originally
Egyptian, has been subject to a Saudi takeover
through a policy of funding, staff replacements and intimidation.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The author argues for the
existence of a third generation of terrorists, and the
features that distinguish them from previous generations.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2006
The author tackles the relationship between state and religion in Islamic history, noting that religious and political issues in Islamic culture are very complicated and are not clear so far.