Date of source:
Investigations
into the
activities of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Social Research, revealed new
developments in the case. What the investigations and inquiries revealed is recounted in this article.
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2000 to Friday, June 9, 2000
Rose al-Youssef has taken upon
itself to confront two recent, suspicious, religion-related phenomena. One is the new breed of Shaykh
preaching in private
homes. The other is the hypocritical defense of Islām in the face of a wave of
offending literary works. There is now a
third phenomenon...
Date of source:
Mahmoud Samāhah examines the activities of the Islamic dā‘iyah
cAmr Khālid on a number of Arab satellite channels, accusing him of seeking personal
financial gain by distributing his programs to three different channels, while presenting almost the same content.
Samāhah believes that Khālid has...
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Safā’ Mustafá
warns about the spread of new private Islamic institutes which are not supervised by either the Azhar or the
Ministry of Awqāf. She believes that these could promote false teachings of Islām with their emphasis
on less educated preachers.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
In the
following review of the first article of Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim’s series about the status of
women in Islām, Dr. Hāshim points out the different rights given to women in Islamic
Sharī‘ah.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
‘Amir continues his criticism of the Twelver
Shī‘ah and clarify that his attitude is merely religious and has nothing to do with
political affairs of the Shī‘ah countries. He asks Sunnī scholars to give
precise answers for certain questions about Shī‘ah doctrine.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
In a series of articles about the sources of Islamic legislation,
the Egyptian Muftī, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, explains how careful the companions
of the Prophet Muhammad were in transmitting and collecting the Prophet’s hadīths.
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
What
is life after death? Depictions
of hell and heaven differ between religions. The following article presents
images of life after death in Islam,
Judaism and Christianity.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Ramadān al-Baih states the criteria for a good, reliable muftī.