Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
Shura in the Islamic political thought is the philosophy of political systems, community life and the family. Shura means managing the community life of humans, whether in the general or the personal sense.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
A Kuwaiti Islamist Member of Parliaments threatens to question the Kuwaiti Minister of Information and other government officials in Parliament. The Kuwaiti MP criticized Kuwaiti Television for airing the competitions of the Olympic Games in Athens which women participate in. Awad Al-Anzi said that...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
The movie “ Kingdom of Heaven” is receiving critique and applauds for one scene between Muslims and Christians by presenting the core of the value system of Muslims as pertaining to “submission” and the Christians to “decision.”
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
The insatiable lust for attacking others and the attempts to belittle their opinions have become a disturbing shameful phenomenon that overwhelms sensational newspapers, a matter that runs counter to the press code of ethics.
See for more media critique also:
Art. 2 – caution needed with stories...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2005
The feminist movement in Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco does not give up requesting women’s rights.
The number of national councils, non-governmental organizations and feminist associations is growing.
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2005
Will states apologize for their mistakes against other nations? What if those mistakes were conducted tens/hundreds of years ago? How can political systems be held responsible for faults of their predecessors?
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 2004
In a cultural symposium attended by Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazy in the Kuwaiti Cultural Center, participants discussed the modernizing of the religious discourse. Many controversial issues related to the main subject triggered dialogue and heated answers.
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
The second meeting of the Conference on Recent [Topics] in Islamic Thought, organized by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments], witnessed a hot debate about the possibility of renewing fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] terminology concerning jihad and international relations. The conference, the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Those who seek to defend Islam should not brand anyone who tries to practice self-criticism or studying Islam in a way that suits our time a kafir [unbeliever]. They should stop claiming that there is a global conspiracy against Islam led by the devil and his party. They should stop accusing...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Saudi Arabia has an old relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood. Many Brotherhood members worked in Saudi Arabia as teachers in schools and universities. Many Brotherhood members also started businesses in Saudi Arabia, but by the 1990s, the relationship between the Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia...