Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Usāmah ‘Abd al-Mutalib
discusses the report written by Timothy M. Savage
about the conditions of Muslims in Europe.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A lack of
unified Islamic organizations in the West is causing Muslim
communities to lose their rights in Western
societies.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd introduces himself to readers of AWR, wanting to dedicate his efforts “towards a mission of progress energized by a will to see obscurantism defeated, fanaticism vanquished and poverty conquered.” “Writing,” Dr. ‘Ubayd writes, “associated with a fair degree of research, put...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Mu‘taz Billāh ‘Abd al-Fattāh discusses the difference
between liberalism and
secularism.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Father Zakarīyā Butrus, the controversial priest who foments anger of Muslims, of Egypt in particular and the Arab world in general, through his programs which launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Islamic faith on ‘al-Hayāt’satellite channel, appears for the first time in Arab media.
Date of source:
Representatives
of the Islamic community in France filed a lawsuit against a French novelist for
writing a novel that defamed
Islam. The subject of the novel is Islām and sexual tourism in Thailand. It
contained very open attacks against
Islam, Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians.
Date of source:
Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 2, 2001
The issue of celebrating the mulid of Abū Hasera aroused the anger of the inhabitants
of Demtawa, where his tomb
is located. There are many conflicting stories about the reality of his
character. Some stories say that he was one
of the prophets that were sent to the Israelites in Egypt and...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
The author draws a picture
about the development of the concept of citizenship since it
originated until its present state, asserting
that it has consistently been changing depending on historical, political and
economical needs.
Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Western and Arab Muslim philosophers discuss reason and its relation to revelation, to show that Islām is rational and follows logical thinking.