Date of source: Saturday, October 29, 2005
Four Muslims, aged between 16 and 20, have been arrested in Denmark on charges of planning suicide attacks in Europe, Dutch police said.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005
In an interview with al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī, lawyer and politician Mukhtār Nouh speaks about the role of arts and literature in the Islamic state.
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2005
A discussion of martyrdom in Islam and the distinction between martyrdom, suicide and terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Translations of the Holy Qur’ān are judged according to the translator, his religion and his attitude towards Islam. The author examines Audrey Robin Rivlin’s translation of the Qur’ān.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
An article claiming that French women, who have converted to Islam, are being recruited for Jihād.
In an interview, Pope Shenouda III answers questions about the Coptic Orthodox Church’s stance towards expatriate Copts and the conference they were to hold to discuss persecution of Copts in Egypt....
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ayman al-Zawāhrī, has allegedly written to Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī, the Jordanian-born chief of the al-Qā‘ida organization in Iraq stating that the organization’s goal must be to set up an Islamic caliphate in Iraq.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
In prison, the true character of Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī was shaped. During the course of his trial, he attacked the judges and accused them of being infidels, impressing Usāma Bin Lādin and Ayman al-Zawāhrī, according to the testimony of al-Qā‘ida member, Sayf al-‘Adl, an Egyptian.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ulfat Ja‘far argues that the US and other Western nations should examine their own school and university curricula concerning Islam, Muslims and Arabs, before trying to have school curricula, particularly theology and history, in Arab and Islamic countries modified.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Though there were claims that the book itself was authored by prominent members of al-Qā’ida, it is actually a compilation of handpicked speeches, written and TV interviews and statements translated from Arabic into French.
Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2005
The author wonders why the play, which he states was highly insulting to Islam, was made and hopes that this play does not mark the beginning of yet another round of sectarian strife.