Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2006 to Friday, April 28, 2006
Dr. ‘Imād Siyām argues that the educational institution is responsible for forming the mind and conscience of the umma (nation). He further establishes that political Islamists have successfully infiltrated the Egyptian educational system, propagating Salafī ideas among young Egyptians.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) issued a report titled "Egypt’s Al-Azhar Clerics: We declare war on America," The title implies that many if not most Azhar scholars declared war on America. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi stressed that this was certainly not true. He said that the report...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Dr. Muhammad Mourou believes that there is a kind of relationship between contemporary Islamic movements and the Khawārij. [Reviewer: The Khariji are members of a deviant Islamic group that broke away from the Orthodox caliph, ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib, and murdered him]. Admitting that both groups have...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
A book review of Jamāl al-Bannā’s book, My Coptic Brethren.
Date of source: Sunday, December 14, 2003
The article is an overview of the speeches given in the opening session of the Islamic Institute of Fiqh in Saudi Arabia. The speakers were the deputy of the Prince of Mecca, Saudi Grand Mufti, the Islamic World Association secretary general and the secretary general of the Fiqh Institute. Their...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003
After Muslims lost their scientific, cultural excellence, they tried to condole themselves, saying that they are contented with their good manners, while the West is suffering from ethical decline and that the West does not have the values and principles they have and this means that its...
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi. He commented on the fiqh of facilitation that he is famous for applying, the Islamic religious discourse, the schools of Islam and the top problem of the Islamic world today. He also commented on the conditions in Iraq and the possibility of...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Tala´at Abdel Mageed, Professor at the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University. He comments on the nature of the current religious discourse and its impact on people. He highlighted the difficulty of discussing the issue of the renewal of religious...
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2003
The article is an interview with Amr Khaled. He speaks about his life before becoming a preacher. He comments on the criticism leveled against him as one of the modern Islamic preachers and gives his opinions concerning different religious issues.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The author criticizes the human rights conference in Paris and its discussion of the issue of renewing the Islamic religious discourse. He believes that those who discussed the issue are not qualified. He writes that the issue became on everybody´s lips and a subject that is dealt with every...