Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
A study conducted by the University of Hamburg in Germany has concluded that a serious potential for Islamist radicalization has developed amongst the Muslim community in Germany. Moreover, the lack of integration in society means that many Muslims have started to have a more fundamental religious...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
Meinardus, the eminent scholar on Coptic church studies concludes that Mrs. S. Hasan, grand niece of the Egyptian statesman and Prime Minister Rushdi Pasha (1864- 1928), produced an extraordinary and remarkable book in seven chapters on the modern history, sociology, ecclesiology and political...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
British police have raided a number of Islamic schools, which the
government said are
suspected training camps for young Islamic extremists. Amongst these schools was al-
Jam‘īyah
al-Islāmīyah [Reviewer: Islamic Association] School at Mark Cross, whose
imām, Bilāl
Pātīl, admitted that jailed...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author examines the situation of Copts under Islamic rule. He states that the weight of this history makes it difficult for Egypt and other Arab countries to support the principles of tolerant liberalism.
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
The Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) received, a few months ago, a visit of a group of German journalists organized by Sarafea travel (www.sarafea.de). Veit Rasshofer, managing editor of the MidEast Policy Digest (www.arabmedia.de), expressed his appreciation for the work of Arab-West...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2002
More than 200 German police officers launched an investigation campaign against the Islamic Center in Hamburg. They were looking for someone who is believed to have planned for an armed attack. However, the police did not find anyone with the wanted description and said that the notification was...
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
A tribute to Prof. Meinardus, eminent Coptologist, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sadly Prof. Meinardus died a few days before his birthday.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
A Muslim German lady submitted a request to the German Jurisdiction to excuse her teenage daughters from attending sexual education classes in her German school.
The request was overruled. The problem, however, raised various reactions and caused division between Germans and Muslims. This is...
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The British authorities discovered that a security company called Sakina was recruiting British Muslim youth and sending them to Chechnya and Afghanistan to participate in Jihad against the Christian West. Therefore they closed the company and arrested its members. The members of Sakina are...