Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Al-Zawāhirī discusses the conflict
between Islām and atheism and the current circumstances that the Arab region is experiencing in a new video tape.
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
A fatwá issued by the British
Muslim Forum considers Muslim soldiers who are killed in Iraq and Afghanistan as ’martyrs,’ provoked an
outcry amongst the British Muslim community.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazīr ‘Alī’s statements have added fuel to the heated controversy over the Niqāb in England.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Umnīyah al-Najjār
writes
about a controversial conference that was recently held in Tehran on the Holocaust.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
There is
no difference between Muslims and Christians in Egypt for they have the same
traditions, hopes, sufferings,
look the same, and even wear the same clothes.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
A report from
The European Center to Control Hostility and Discrimination asserts
that Muslim’s face different kinds of
discrimination in the west.
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2006
Muhammad al-Shāf‘ī
writes about the growing fundamentalist influence in British
universities.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
British Airways
set off an unprecedented public
outcry in Britain when it suspended without pay and rejected an appeal from
employee Nādyah
‘Uwaydah for wearing a small cross to work at British Airways’ Heathrow office.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The
author analyses the city of Cairo’s progress throughout history, in its expansion, population congestions, and how
they relate with each other in creating a densely overpopulated and congested city. He further questions how
accurate it is to blame these conditions on Bedounization.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The author pays his respects to the passing of Fayek Matta Ishak, and highlights Ishak’s contributions to
Coptic scholarly works, as well as his contributions to furthering the understanding of Coptic beliefs and
traditions.