Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
A recent honeymoon has recently emerged between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world.
Date of source: Monday, August 18, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar called on the youth, who misunderstand Islam and think that extremism is something good, to reconsider their ideologies through dialogue with Muslim scholars
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2005
A war is raging now in Yemen between the government and those who the government describes as the pro-Husayn al-Hawthī rebels who adhere to al-Zaydī doctrine (madhhab) and former member of the Parliament. Nevertheless, some sources said that the circle of conflict had widened and covered all...
Date of source: Friday, January 10, 2003
A Yemeni extremist killed three American missionaries on December 30, 2002, in a Southern Baptist hospital in Yemen. He was quoted as saying he killed the Americans to cleanse his religion and get closer to Allah. The murder triggered Western commentaries about the role of Western missionaries in...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2005
‘Amr Khālid was warmly received in Yemen, especially the president. His visit to Cairo was the opposite of this; rapid, signing an agreement with the World Health Organization to help them in using his health project idea all through the region.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Twenty four educational establishments in Yemen would face closure in accordance with the Cabinet’s decision to close all religious schools that do not work under government supervision.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2005
Although it was the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, who had recommended the appointment of Shaykh cAlī Jumca as the Muftī of the Republic, their squabbles have not ceased. Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a was perceived as violating the unanimous fatwas of the Islamic Research Institute...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
H.E. Dr. Amat Abdel Alim [Ama al-‘Alīm al-Sousuwa], Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, spoke about improving human rights in Yemen and its relation to attracting tourism to the country.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
A music production company in Sana was trying to market an album for a new singer, and had the idea of hiding what the elderly singer looked like. So the cover of the album showed a lady wearing a niqab.
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh offered to the British Ambassador to Sana to give Abu Hamza to Britain. He also offered to give all evidence to prove that Abu Hamza is guilty of assassinating and kidnapping a number of tourists through Aden’s Islamic Army and also to pay for the lawyers who...