Date of source: Thursday, February 24, 2011
Rockstar and peace activist Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) has created a new song "My People" dedicated to the people of Egypt.
In Riz Khans program on Al Jazeera he talked about the role of music in the present wave of change.
The song will be freely available from his website www.yusufislam....
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
CIDT Intern Hibah Mutāwi‘ interviews the founder of the Islamic Hotline service....
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2010 to Friday, April 9, 2010
The Quilliam Research Institute issues a report which attacks the "Islam" channel in London. Claiming that it propagates extremism, intolerance and fanaticism, the Institute asks for dissolution of the channel. In contrast to those claims, the channel stresses that their main target is to introduce...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Jayson Casper reflects on his experience watching the football world cup in an Egyptian cafe.
Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 2010 to Friday, January 8, 2010
There are several international attempts to establish inter-religious institutions, in cooperation with the Azhar institution in Egypt, to strengthen Islamic-Christian cooperation.
Date of source: Saturday, December 26, 2009 to Tuesday, December 29, 2009
An press review of recent articles about the growing tide of Islamophobia in Europe and the West, noting the example of the Swiss ban on minaret construction and an Italian call for a similar referendum. It also reports on an Egyptian artist’s response to the anti-niqab posters he saw on a recent...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Times of London’s report on Naj‘ Hammādī, quoting Bishop Kirollos as saying “It is all religious now. This is a religious war about how they can finish off the Christians in Egypt.” It relays his version of events, which he famously retracted following a meeting with Qena Governor Majdī Ayyūb...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Heading in the opposite direction to France, some British local councils hold swimming sessions restricted to those wearing the ‘Burkini’ Islamic swimming costume.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A De-radicalization Conference was held on 2-3 December 2009 in the Golden Tulip Flamingo Hotel, Cairo. The conference was hosted by the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute. About 12 papers were presented, mostly by Egyptians, but with contributions from Norway, Denmark and the United Kingdom. In...