Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
The author discusses arguments
about wearing jilbāb and a
long beard, with Muslim scholars stating that these are not a religious
duty.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
This review presents the opinions of some intellectuals about offensive articles written against the Prophet’s companions. Some consider this to be an unforgivable sin, others refer to the Shī‘ah-Sunnī differences as a reason for it.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
This
report, written by several authors, deals with the beginning and
remarkable events in the life of the founder of
the Muslim Brotherhood and its first murshid, Hasan
al-Bannā. He still has a strong ideological
influence on this most prominent political group.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006 to Friday, September 15, 2006
The recent campaign of detaining a number of Muslim Brotherhood members has raised many
questions about the
possibility of arresting the Supreme Guide of the group, Muhammad Mahdī
‘Ākif, on charges
of endangering national security and inciting the public against the
government.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author recounts that Walīd al-
Husaynī claims to have been dismissed only because he did not want to adhere to the teachings of the
Tablīgh and Da‘wa group.
Date of source: Thursday, August 17, 2006
The Djibouti minister of Islamic
affairs,
Dr. Mogueh Dirir, said in this interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī newspaper that
Jewish and Christian missionary campaigns were targeting many parts in the African continent in the absence
of
significant Muslim activities and indifference about the da‘...
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
The author discusses the spread of Coptic
posters and missionary groups in the subway, warning against this
dangerous phenomenon.
Date of source: Friday, June 16, 2006
‘Amr Khālid, the
social reformer as he prefers to call himself, is a new
product of the interaction between Islamization,
globalization and privatization. Patrick Hinny scrutinizes the
phenomenal reformer who has become widely
popular around the Arab and Muslim world.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Veteran journalist Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal
speaks on
Al-Jazeera channel about his experiences with the Muslim Brotherhood and his meeting with the
founder and leader of
the group, as well as commenting on the group’s illicit activities, such as the
assassination of Egypt’s
Prime Minister al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The author reports
claims that Muslim Brotherhood member Dr. Rashad
Bayoumi’s attack on Jamāl Mubārak, the president’s
son and head of the NDP Policy
Secretariat, in the paper ignited the crisis of Āfāq
‘Arabīya and that
Safwat al-Shariīf, head of the Supreme Press Council has covered
the...