Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From Rasputin to Bin Lādin, religion has always had a role in politics and in political plans. The following text depicts biographies of a number of people whose religious engagements played a role in their political life.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From the crusades until now, religion has always been taken as an excuse to wage war. The pope’s recent attitude reveals his political orientation.
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 1997
Subtitles:- A phenomenon that worries international intelligence agencies; Cooperation between Sunni and Shia groups to establish a unified organization- Italy has become the base for the activities of the extremist groups smuggling weapons- Claims that Osama Bin Ladin is attempting to establish an...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 1997
With the long confrontation between the two civilizations, Islam and the West, the two sides inherited deep-rooted ideas about each other. The Christian and Jewish West does not acknowledge Islam as a heavenly religion. This is the most prominent and dangerous idea inherited by the West....
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 1997
Subtitle:In the 1970s Muslims used machine guns. Now extremists use courts and cases.Algeria cancelled the 1992 elections, which the Muslims dominated, yet it suffered more by cancelling them.The problem in Turkey is the extremism of the secularists.Kamal Attaturk banned Turks from travelling to...
Date of source: Saturday, August 26, 2006
‘Isām Dirbālah, a key figure of the Jamā‘ah Islāmīyah, in this interview with al- Ahrām newspaper from prison through his lawyer, says that the Jamā‘ah Islāmīyah, which is getting ready to resume its da‘wa and social activities, is no longer in confrontation with the state and is strongly committed...
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006
Arab-West Report Editor in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, asked Archbishop Fitzgerald, the Catholic nuntius in Egypt, about the statements of Pope Benedict on Islām. Archbishop Fitzgerald speaks Arabic, knows the Islamic world well and plays Qur’ān important role in Muslim-Christian dialogue. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The author discusses the identity of the alleged successor of Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī, the former leader of al-Qā‘ida in Iraq, amidst conflicting information provided by US and Egyptian security agencies on this score.
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2006
Rev. Dave Petrescue, senior pastor of the Maadi Community Church, passed away in tragic accident.
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2001
An the Islamic-Christian meeting was held in the grounds of the Islamic dialogue committee aimed exclusively at discussing current events, from September 11 up until the American attacks on Afghanistan. The chief of the international council for bringing the Islamic denominations together said that...