Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
A high-ranking Muslim-Christian delegation, led by the muftī of Egypt, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, is due to arrive Thursday in the Republic of Ireland in an attempt to correct the false perceptions of Islam in Europe and to push forward interfaith dialogue.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Dutch Prime Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende has harshly criticized some members of opposition parties for linking Islam to crime during their electoral propaganda.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
Former president of Indonesia, ‘Abd al-Rahmān Wahīd writes about the Wahābī ideology, propagated by some Gulf countries and its role in supporting terrorist groups.
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
Editor-in-chief of the weekly Usbou‘ responds to insults to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by Danish and Norwegian newspapers. The two dailies have published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, considered offensive by Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
In response to the angry Muslim reaction to the 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, the Danish ambassador to Egypt, Bjarne Sorensen has declared that Denmark has the greatest respect for Islam and offers his apologies.
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
In response to the “offensive” cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by Jyllands-Posten, a delegation of Danish Muslim clerics visited Egypt and met with their Egyptian counterparts to discuss a proportionate response to this offence.
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2006
Muslim scholar ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn blames the Azhar and the Islamic Research Academy for not taking proper action against the recent Danish attack on the Prophet Muhammad. He also praises the position of secretary-general of the Arab League, ‘Amr Mousa, who led a diplomatic delegation, demanding...
Date of source: Sunday, January 8, 2006
A critique of the Egyptian government’s handling of the Sudanese refugees protesting in Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006 to Friday, January 13, 2006
In this 1949 article, the late Egyptian intellectual ‘Abbās al-‘Aqqād argues that the Muslim Brotherhood, which he says has sparked unprecedented sedition in Egyptian society, has dubious origins, saying that the grandfather of the Brotherhood founder was a watch fixer in Morocco, a job that was...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Muhammad ‘Afīfī, the advisor for Hizbullah Secretary General Hasan Nasr Allāh, discusses in an interview the responsibility of the United States for all the tension in the Middle East region, arguing that the U.S. administration would allow a number of Islamist groups to power as long as they do...