Date of source: Sunday, January 19, 2014
A group of youth of the Muslim Brotherhood joined forces with a group from Hāzimūn movement and called themselves “Falcons of Qutb” (with reference to extremist thinker Sayyīd Qutb). The group called for dispensing with peacefulness in resistance to what they called the military coup in Egypt (...
Date of source: Saturday, January 18, 2014
Shaykh Abū ‘Isāc al-Huwaynī, the Salafī preacher, has called upon his followers to boycott al-Qaradāwī and stated that his fatwás are contradictory (Saīd Higāzī, al-Watan, Jan. 18, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2014
Dr. Ibrahīm Nijm, Advisor to the Mufti, noted during his meeting with Jere Van Dyk Senior Fellow of the US Council of Foreign Relations that Dār al- Iftā’ started to monitor jihadist thought and fatwás that incite violence and respond to it.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2014
The shayks of the Azhar and the Ministry of Endowments have decided to intensify the mutual preaching convoys in Cairo and in other governorates that aim at spreading Islamic moderate thought and containing jihadist thought.
Date of source: Saturday, March 15, 2014
In the mosque of Prophet Muhammad (al- Masjid al- Nabawī) in al- Madīnah al- Munawarah, the first simultaneous translation of a Friday sermon to English and Urdu was held.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Jihadists have threatened to kill French president François Holland as a consequence of the role played by France in Mali and in the Central African Republic.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Al-Karma Publishers has reprinted a special series called “Al-Karma Selections” that comprises till now over 20 books that were already published in previous years and missed by the readers.
One of these books is “Margins on the Arab Conquest” by Sanāʾ al-Maṣrī, the book was published in 1996 and...
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Writing in 1999 for al-Usbūʿ newspaper, Hānī Zayyāt and Muṣṭafā Sulaymān expressed the
Date of source: Friday, October 5, 2018
Dr. Muḥī al-Dīn ʿAfīfī, secretary of the Islamic Research Academy, called for the unity of the world and the importance of dialogue for promoting peaceful coexistence, particularly at this time in which religion is abused.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Dr. Janneke Stegeman’s call for ecumenism with Islam is sympathetic. The problem, however, is the blend of religion and politics. Rulers/governments tend to make use of religion for their own benefit. Religious leaders, on the other hand, try to win the support of the political leaders of their...