Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Growing fundamentalism has become terrorism and has targeted intellectual and political elite. The reasons for these developments and their consequences are mentioned in the following text.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006 to Friday, October 13, 2006
The author of the article,
Dr. Muná Abū Sinná, explains the reasons
behind the backwardness of the Muslim world. According to Dr.
Abū Sinná, Muslims’ rejection of logic
and reason for finding the meanings of religious texts is one
of the major reasons behind this
backwardness.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Jordanian poet Ibrāhīm Nasr Allāh faces trial and possibly
imprisonment for a
collection of poems that were first published 23 years ago, because of accusations that
they may instigate
commotion and undermine the country’s stability.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Ayman al-Hakīm traces the
incident of takfīr a Yemeni
poet after he published extremely controversial works.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
A writer calls on grating more freedom to national
press so
that it would not collapse under competition from independent press and become like official
bulletins such as
Izvestia and Pravda during the Soviet era.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
A critique of the strict censoring of religious films maintained by the Azhar. The authors warn of similar rigidity by the church.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article discusses
the
sequestration of foreign newspapers in Egypt, in the light of the decision to ban three foreign newspapers
accused of offending Islam.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 1997
SAT7 is also only concerned with broadcasting Christian material, but a number of famous Coptic artists have refused to have any relation whatsoever with the channel.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 1997
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