Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2003
The author criticizes Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi for speaking about the Iraqi crisis, in relation to the Palestinian conflict, as a secondary issue. He said that Americans get Muslims occupied with the aggression on Iraq rather than with the issue of Palestine as they did before using Bin Laden and...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2003
The article covers the events of the sixth session of the conference of information ministers of the Islamic countries that was held in Cairo and its final declaration that gave priority to the war on Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The Arab League and the Islamic Conference Organization held two summits to discuss the Iraqi issue. The first was held with the national identity, i.e. Arabism, in mind and the second summit was held with the religious identity, i.e. Islam, in mind. The two summits failed because they did not take...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2003
The leader of Al-Da´awa wa Al-Jihad group declared that the group is responsible for the incident of shooting the two Americans in Kuwait. He stressed that his group intends to carry out more attacks against American interests if the US launches a war on Iraq. He added that Usama Bin Laden is...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2003
The Kuwaiti General Prosecution started investigating Samy Al-Metiry, who is accused of killing one American and injuring another in Kuwait. Al-Metiry said that he prayed to give thanks to God after he succeeded in shooting the two Americans.
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The fatwa of the Islamic Research Institute that permits bank interest faces disapproval by many international Islamic institutes. Scholars who attended the 14th Islamic Fiqh Conference disapproved of it and stated the necessity of its revision.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
A working paper, entitled "Project on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic world," proposed by the Saban center for Middle East studies and Brookings Institution at a U.S.-Muslim forum in Doha, said U.S. objectives behind convening Western-Muslim events include launching reforms and changes, as...
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
A review of articles concerning the Washington Conference of expatriate Copts, which the Egyptian press has tended to view as a U.S. / Zionist / expatriate Coptic attempt to attack Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
Sadly one has to admit that the most prevailing phenomenon in the Arab world today is the adoption of violence and hatred as a common culture. Unlike in the 1940s and the following three decades, where Arab societies were more attracted to such values as peace, tolerance, and innovation and more...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
A direct political dialogue with moderate Islamist movements could help to dampen the threat of the jihadi groups. Such is the conclusion of a report recently carried out by a group of American experts. The authors of the document add that the American administration should start to establish...