Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
This third and final article on Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī focuses on a matter closest to his heart and specialization of study: The sunna of Muhammad, that is, what he said and did outside the recorded testimony of the Qur'ān. Whereas article one provided his life history in pursuit of this knowledge,...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
This subject is not as easy to address as it may appear at first glance.
The references are scattered through folds in the tapestry of time, so to truly understand this topic one must spend time and delve deep into its past."
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Ignoring a petition from Pope Shenouda III, hundreds of Copts yesterday continued a nine-day sit-in outside the official TV Building near the Cairo Nile, as investigations proved recent clashes in the area were not religiously motivated. More Copts joined the protest asking for perpetrators in...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Al-Nūr Mosque in the al-'Abasīyah district in Cairo has witnessed unrest in recent weeks.
The land on which the mosque was built was originally given to al-Hidāyah al-Islāmīyah Society, headed by Shaykh Hāfiz Salāmah.
Its followers prevented the mosque preacher, Shaykh Ahmad Turk, from ascending...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Military Court handed down on April 11 a three-year term in jail against Michael Nabīl, a Coptic blogger, for spreading false news and information about the army and its institutions.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular.
But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality.
What is totally new is their...
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2009
Publisher: Uitgeverij Meinema, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands (2009) Translator: Sandra Heijden Editor: Alexander Wamboldt The preface to Eildert Mulder and Thomas Milo’s 2009 book ’The Contested Sources of Islam’, where the authors introduce the four German revisionist historians whose theories...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The article sheds light on one of Sayyid al-Qimnī’s books entitled, ‘Al-Hizb al-Hāshimī wa Ta’sīs al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah’ [Al-Hāshimī Party and the Foundation of the Islamic State].
Date of source: Sunday, May 10, 2009
Islamic leaders have criticized the Vatican pope’s visit to Jordan and explain their discontentment with him not apologizing for what they called offenses against Muslims and Islam.
Date of source: Friday, March 13, 2009
Al-Usbū‘ writes about Pope Shenouda’s speech during the 21st Conference on the renewal of Islamic thinking