Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Egyptian Shaykh al-Qaradāwī
pronounced
a fatwá that enables Moroccans to use bank interest to obtain accommodation. The
fatwá
aroused the anger of Moroccan Muslim intellectuals who considered it interference in
Morocco’s interior affairs.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
The U.S.-
based Center for Study of Islam and Democracy (C.S.I.D.) recently sent a letter to President Bush, signed by
90
Arab and Egyptian human rights activists, calling on him to intervene in the region to achieve democracy
and to
maintain pressure towards eliminating dictatorial regimes.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Angry reactions to Pope
Benedict’s remarks on Islam and the Prophet
Muhammad continued for a second week. Some Muslim figures,
including Iranian President Ahmadinejad and
Malaysian Prime Minister ‘Abd Allāh Ahmad
Badawī, have accepted the pope’s regret at the
furious reactions to his remarks...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Subtitles:- Alazm: Islam has killed a
lot of people on the
pretext of dividing them into Muslims and Zimmi.- Dr. Qawadri: "We do not have in
Islam the word
Zemmi. They are equal citizens, you should not use the word zemmi or Jizia if you do not like
them.-
Dr. Alazm: Islam is an obstacle in...
Date of source: Monday, July 28, 1997
Subtitles:
Demonstration in front of the Egyptian consulate in New York; 16 Copts murdered per minute C.N.N.-TV; Egypt is a place of persecution. See how they treat monkeys and bears in the zoo. Mahmoud Wahba: Jews are using Copts to cover a disaster among them.
Rose al- Yūsuf, July 28, is also...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Dr. Nasr
Hamed Abu Zeid laments having
been forced to leave Egypt for the Netherlands after being accused of
apostasy.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Dr. Milad Hanna, one of Egypt’s most prominent Christians, author of many books on Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt and columnist in Al-Ahram, is very dismayed about the proposed American religious freedom law. In an article in Al-Ahram of July 22 he writes that there are sectarian clashes which...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 1997
Subtitles:
Ibn Khaldoun Center sets a sectarian mutiny ablaze in Egypt.
A call for federal Coptic rule, and to arm all minorities in the Arab world.
The UN charter about minorities, an outset to the crumbling colonization plan in the area.
El-Sha’ab of July 18, accuses Dr. Saad el-Din...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A Jew who converted to Islam and now lives in a cheap Cairo hotel
tells his story. He grew up in
Morocco, where his father was an advisor to King Muhammad V. He discusses his
emigration to Israel and the
mistreatment he received from Ashkenazi Jews.
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2006
The author discusses the appointment of the
Egyptian
Organization for Human Rights to the position of advisor to the ECOSOC. She doubts the motivations
behind this and
the legitimacy of the organization.