Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005 to Friday, July 29, 2005
Jamāl al-Banna’s book Jawāz Imāmit al-Mar’a [the legality of women leading prayers] debates many issues, especially that of gender equality in Islam. He uses Dr. Amīna Wadoud leading men and women in prayers [in New York], as an example [for Muslim women].
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005 to Friday, July 29, 2005
British investigators have discovered that two of the perpetrators of the London terrorist attacks two weeks ago, had gone to Pakistan to receive religious teaching.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
The attacks and hostilities against Islam have manipulated the rhetoric and agenda of the third conference of the Islamic Sharīʿa Forum in the United States, which was held in the state of Sokto, Nigeria.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Dianne Feinstein a prominent member in the American Congress has appealed to Muslim Religious Men across the world, arguing that without issuing fatwas, there will be no progress in the ongoing war against terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The Bosnian Muslims in Sarajevo suffered horrifically at the hands of the Slavic Serbs 10 years ago but the world did not remember the atrocities until Srebrenica celebrated the 10th anniversary of the genocides.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
European countries are dealing with the Muslim community in the same way that they dealt with the Jews in the past. This eventually led to the Nazi Holocaust. What is indifference towards Islam in the beginning will turn into disdain, suspicion and finally hostility. Most European legislations – in...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2005
Bosnia’s Muslims, who are of European origin, were brutally murdered in genocide massacres by Serbs. If such torture can befall a European - but Muslim - group, what happened to Asian and Arab Muslims who came into Europe over the last century?
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Muslims living in western communities need a policy that guarantees their social integration, especially now that racial and religious diversity are to be part of the fabric of Europe in the future. However, Muslims are aware that they are not welcome in societies that are rife with racism and...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Militarized Islamist fundamentalism, or what is now known as al-Qācida, is responsible for all this death and destruction. They were responsible for the 9/11 attacks and the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar el Salaam in 1998, which killed more than 200 people, mostly civilians.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
Forget words like "we" or "they". The matter involves all of us. London, Beirut, and Sharm el-Sheikh all suffered attacks within less than 48 hours. Forget ‘Muslim’, ‘Christian’ or ‘Jew’; ‘believer’ or ‘disbeliever’; ‘east’ or ‘west’. No place is safe from terrorism.