Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Correspondence with an American Jihad sympathizer that shows there is much distrust of efforts to promote dialogue.
Media attention for AWR.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The article is an interview with the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Goma´a. He comments on many subjects, such as, the concept of legitimate war in Islam, martyrdom operations, the Iraqi Ruling Council, the Iraqi resistance against American occupation, emergency laws and the relationship between...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
The article deals with the matter of issuing fatwas. The author calls it the “game of fatwas” and believes it is the most serious catastrophe the Islamic nation has ever suffered from. These fatwas permit killing and destruction and then turn to the opposite direction to advocate tolerance and...
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2003
The Islamic movement is divided into two trends. The first one is jihad whose followers think that they shall fight the current conditions. The second tend is reformation, whose followers think that they can co-exist with the current conditions and reform them through peaceful means. The author...
Date of source: Monday, December 8, 2003
The author criticizes the host of the TV program al-ittigah al-Mo´akes [Counter direction] aired by Al-Jazeera TV channel, who pushed his guests to agree that the American aggression on the Arab world is a crusade. The author commented that extremists in the US think that Islam launched a holy...
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Friday, December 5, 2003
The author believes that the latest bloody and hideous bombings in Riyadh have some positive aspects. Sheikhs specialized in “terrorism fatwas” renounced their “devilish” opinions that have led to bloody massacres perpetrated by terrorists who claimed to lift the banner of Jihad. Among the most...
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2003
The article reports the sectarian strife incidents two weeks ago in Gerza village in the south Giza district of alAyat. It is unreasonable and illegal that whenever violent events erupt between Egyptian Muslims and Christians, a veil of obscurity is imposed under the pretext of “avoiding...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The article is a part of the series about Islamized terrorism in Egypt. The article is an overview of a book titled “Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimoun… Ahdath Sana´at Tarikh…” [The Muslim Brotherhood… Events that made history] authored by Mahmoud Abdel Halim, the first man in charge of the secret...
Date of source: Thursday, November 20, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar stated to Al-Hayat newspaper that the explosions that took place in Saudi Arabia and Turkey are most appalling actions, which Allah forbids. These actions are in conflict with reason and with all the divine religions.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
It is a fatal mistake to consider religious terrorism an abnormal act that is perpetrated by a group of abnormal youths. Religious terrorism is the product of an existing mentality and culture. We condemn religious violence, but we do not review its causes. We fear the results of this review, for...