Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2002
Reforming the religious discourse means neither changing any of the bases of Islam nor being biased towards the group to which the religious discourse is directed. Also it is not only confined to developing the ways of Da´awa. Reforming the religious discourse means reforming the Islamic...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2002
Some people look for the Cross and the Star of David in everything around them. This is a kind of phobia that can be called signphobia. Regardless of the concepts material things come to symbolize, the absolute material thing is prior to the symbol it comes to refer to.
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2002
America thinks that Israelis are Semites, and by supporting Israel, it is supporting Semitism. America thinks that whoever does not support Israel is anti-Semitic. Since Arabs do not support Israel, they are anti-Semitic. The author believes that it is nonsense to say that Arabs are anti-Semitic...
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2002
The author comments on an article by Farid Zakariya published in Newsweek. Zakariya speaks about democracy in the Arab world. He presents a list of American demands directed to some Arab countries concerning education, the press, TV channels and religious leaders. The author believes that the real...
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
The author argues that religious texts in the Torah and the Bible are corrupted and that they are not the original holy books revealed to Moses and Jesus.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Mona Eltahawy writes against the repression of expression across the Arab world. The author notes that Arab “dictators” oppose the Danish cartoons because they think "freedom of expression” should have limits. The author redirects that call to Arab leaders themselves, arguing that they should have...
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
The author, in a 16-page supplement of independent newspaper al-Fajr, is reviewing a book by writer Jonathan Kirsch about the story of Lot and his two daughters.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of al-Manār Channel, owned by the Lebanese Hizb Allāh and the Iranian Sahar TV1, arguing that they spread "hate, encourage the radicalization of Muslims, and glorify terrorist attacks."
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of Saudi Iqra’ [Read] TV and Iranian al-‘Ālam (the World), arguing that the channels encourage radicalism and promote anti-Semitism.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the People’s Assembly, Dr. Mustafa al-Fiqī, argues that it would be better for Muslims and Arabs to admit the Holocaust, arguing that denying Nazi crimes causes offense and plays into the hands of the Jews.