Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
In a statement sent to al-Sharq al-Awsat, former head of the London-based al-Mujāhidoun Movement, Anjem Choudary has announced that a conference on jihād in Palestine is scheduled for February 19. According to Choudary, the conference is also due to discuss the new anti-terrorism law, which will...
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
Former imām of Finsbury Park Mosque, north London, Abu Hamza al-Misrī, has denied in court in the U.K. 16 charges including soliciting murder and stirring up racial hatred, arguing that fomenting hatred is a cardinal sin in Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
A German province has given all Muslim applicants for a German nationality a "loyalty test” to examine their ability to integrate into German society.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
AWR’s American intern writes about 220 years of religious freedom in the U.S., arguing that one standard must be applied to all.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Fahmī Huwaydī examines the issue of the "offensive” newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad and the newspaper’s reluctance to apologize.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
The Danish premier denounced any expression of opinion that is meant to distort the image of any group based on their religious or ethnic affiliations, adding these acts have no place in a society that is built on respect for the individual. He described cartoons published by newspapers in Denmark...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The article deals with the issue of Zakarīyā Butrus, a defrocked Coptic priest who attacks Islam on the satellite channel al-Hayāt, a matter which Bishop Bīshouy, the secretary of the Coptic Holy Synod, said runs counter to Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
William al-Mīrrī writes about Coptic problems in 2005: The Hamayouni decree and the U.S. Coptic conference, recently held in Washington.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
During his meeting with leaders of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Congressman Frank Wolf raised yesterday the issues of Coptic persecution, Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour’s imprisonment and Sudanese refugees in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2006
Imām of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, Abu Hamza al-Misrī, is on trial on charges of preaching hatred and inciting his followers to kill Jews, unbelievers and apostate Muslims.