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26. New US strategy urges Arab governments to deal with political Islam groups
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Several Arab governments have recently opened the door to dialogue with political Islam groups after years of tension between Islamists and secularists in the Arab world.
8. For Muslim who says violence destroys Islam, violent threats
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Broder writes about Dr. Wafa Sultan, a Syrian-American Muslim who recently complained bitterly against those who distort Islam. She strongly renounced terrorism, and Muslim backwardness and violence, saying these things were not what the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’ān intended. The response,...
24. French Muslim converts are cultured and fascinated by the East and jihad
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2006
During meetings with some French Muslim converts, Arlette Khourī transmits their opinions and experiences of Islam, mentioning the official French perspective concerning the increase in the number of ‘new Muslims.’
11. The confessions of Nasr Abu Zeid and Hassan Hanafy in a meeting where there were no journalists or recorders
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2003
The article covers the speeches given by Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid and Dr. Hassan Hanafy, philosophy professor, in a seminar titled “Criticism in Philosophy and Social Ideology" held as part of the activities of the conference of the Philosophical Association.
38. Away from religious debates: The grounds for the veil and its battles in Egypt and other countries,
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Friday, December 5, 2003
There is no fashion that produces the amount of controversy, violence and hysteria world-wide that the wearing of the veil by Muslim women does. Iranian women flee overseas in order to take the chador off. In Turkey, the veiled wives of government and party officials are not allowed to attend...
24. Khadeja Bin Qenna tells Al-Hayat the story of how she took the veil through a personal decision
Date of source: Thursday, November 27, 2003
Khadeja Qenna, the Algerian broadcaster of the news bulletin and political programs on Al-Jazeera TV station, stressed that her decision to take the veil is a personal one and does not reflect an approach of her TV station. She mentioned that she received telephone calls from Sheikhs Amr Khaled,...
22. The Maghrib between political Islam and the Islam of the state
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2003
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi devoted a six-article file to Islam in the Maghrib (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania). The first and sixth article concentrate on mosques in the Maghrib, as a reflection of the history of Islam in the region. The second article deals with the development of the religious...
8. Faith-based takfir turns into political takfir and ends with killing even in mosques
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2003
On the fourth of July, a Pakistani group called “The army of the Sahaba [Companions of the Prophet]” attacked a Shiite mosque, leaving 48 persons dead and 65 injured. The author comments on the incident and the group that committed it. He believes the group is the outcome of the efforts of Saudi...
9. Abdel-Raziq Al-Maqri, head of the parliamentary bloc of the Movement of the society for peace: Multiplicity should also exist among Islamic parties
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2003
The article is an interview with Abdel Raziq Al-Maqri who represents the Algerian radical opposition movement, which believes in the necessity of accepting others. He comments on the impact of the September 11 attacks on Islamic movements and extremist groups
12. Britain, a banquet for evil guests
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2003 to Friday, July 4, 2003
London overlooked extremist fundamentalists in the 1990´s. When they started to make trouble, it passed a law allowing detaining them without a trial. London ignored requests for extraditing terrorists to their native countries until two Muslim militants launched attacks in Britain. The...

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