Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A member of the
Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs blames Western education and Muslims for the hostility between Islām
and the West.
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
Dr. Jamīl Kamāl Georgy argues that the world is undergoing a phase of
struggle
among civilizations, not dialogue.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The
author admires the courage of Monk Dīmīanūs for admitting
Islam’s tolerance and wanting us
to learn to respect the other’s doctrine and view.
Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict will start a four-day visit to Turkey amidst growing protests in Istanbul and Ankara. Tens of thousands took to the streets and chanted anti-pope slogans, expressing their fury at the pope’s remarks on Islām which he made two months ago in a lecture at the University of...
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
October presents the opinion of Uri Avnery, an Israeli author, writing
about the “conflict of civilizations.” October writes that Avnery has shown support to the Prophet of Islām
and
Muslims against false accusations and mistrust promoted by the head of the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
In a series of articles published by al-Ahrām
newspaper, Dr. Ahmad al-
Tayyib, the president of the Azhar University, analyses Pope Benedict
XVI’s speech of September 12,
2006.
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
Ahmad ‘Arafāt al-Qādī explains some fundamentalist Western
thinkers’
arguments about the basic principles between the Christian West and the Muslim East. The
difference between the two
civilizations is a basic one, and the clash is inevitable.
Date of source: Monday, November 20, 2006
Islam promotes and celebrates diversity of mankind. had God
wanted all people to believe in one
religion, He would have made it so.
Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Western and Arab Muslim philosophers discuss reason and its relation to revelation, to show that Islām is rational and follows logical thinking.