Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006 to Friday, October 20, 2006
‘Abd Allāh Kamāl spots the danger threatening
Egypt and other Sunnī countries heading towards converting to Shī‘ah.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The following
article addresses Mahmūd ‘Āmir’s attack against the
Shī‘ah
and the political and religious danger they bring to Egypt and the
Islamic world, by comparing them to the
Muslim Brotherhood. ‘Āmir blames the Azhar
leadership and the National Democeratic Party for
their support of...
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: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author discusses the plight of Christians in Iraq.
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, October 9, 2006
A supplement published by the mouthpiece of the Ghad
Party, al-Ghad newspaper,
entitled "The worst 10 figure in Islamic history," has provoked strong
public reaction and led Islamic lawyer,
Mamdūh Ismā‘īl, to sue the newspaper. The
list of names included some of the
prophet’s companions and ‘...
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
The author
explains
why he does not think that the Shī‘ah madhab [Editor: school of thought or
religious
jurisprudence] deserves an equal place with the Sunnī madhab.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author
of the article blames the
backwardness of Muslims on their inability to bridge up their differences. He says
the Grand Imām’s
appointment by the presidency results in religious institutions supporting the idea of
obedience to the ruler.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
This article strongly criticizes the claims of al-
Gābrī,
professor of philosophy at Muhammad V University in Morocco, about the
Qur’ān’s perversion,
providing counter arguments to these claims.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
The article tackles the crisis of freedom of
expression in the Arab world in light of
the severe attack that author Al-Gābrī has faced due to his
discussion of the Qur’ān’
s perversion.