Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author analyses recent conflicts between the West and Islamic regimes, including the recent conflict between Israel and the Hizb Allāh and asserts that ultimately the war is one of many battles to be fought between those who wish to join the modern world and those who think they have an...
Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2006
The author talks about the cartoons which insulted the Prophet Muhammad that were published in many European newspapers. It caused a crisis between Islamic countries and the West, particularly with the European Union.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2006
In
an interview with
al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī, Algeria’s former permanent representative at
the Arab
League, Dr. Mustafa Sharīf, speaks out on his latest book, ’L’islam, tolérant ou
intolerant?
’ [Tolerant or intolerant Islam?], in which he attempts to correct widespread negative
perceptions of...
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Interview with
controversial writer and feminist Nawāl al-
Sa‘dāwī.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article deals with religious reform in the Arab
world as a first step on the road to
progress amidst formidable problems concerning national income, unemployment,
poverty, illiteracy and lack
of basic education for children.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The author argues for the
existence of a third generation of terrorists, and the
features that distinguish them from previous generations.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
AWR asked our former intern Maria Roeder, a student of media science at the University of Jena in Germany, to summarize a study commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Interior about Austrian media reporting on Muslims and about media from countries with Muslim majorities reporting about...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The speech given by Lord Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury, at the opening of the second theological college in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Discussion of a recent seminar on “Terrorism: the phenomenon and confrontation,” organised by the Forum for cultural dialogue, an affiliate of the Coptic Evangelical Association (CEA) [Ëditor AWR, the name CEA is wrong, this should be CEOSS, Coptic Evangelical Organization of Social Services] in...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The EU is getting ready to launch a
dictionary to
accurately define Muslim cultural terminology, such as the words jihād,
"fundamentalist" and
"Islamist" in a bid to assert that there is no religion that compels its followers to
commit crimes in its
name.