Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
A British extreme right-wing anti-Islamic
party promotes hatred against
Islam and non-whites, and is predicted to do extremely well in the local elections in
Birmingham by
suggesting that the city will, in 20 years, be a Muslim city with Islamic
Sharī‘a.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
Relations between the Anglican church and some Jews are strained after a vote in the Church of England’s General Synod concerning investment in companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, in particular Caterpillar Inc., an American machinery company.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
Using the example of the differences between Ghana and South Korea, which in the 1960s had similar incomes per head, but which had completely diverged by the 1990s, Amartya Sen argues that one should avoid attributing the difference simply to culture, أ la Huntington. Sen then challenges...
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2006
Ayman al-Zawāhrī has sent two
emails to one of his old colleagues in
Egypt, which have made it clear that he is afraid of losing his ideological
grip on al-Qā’ida.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
This article traces the rounds of the conflict between political Islam and the West, the possibilities for leadership of the Islamic world and possible future scenarios, including the victory of Islam, the revival of the Islamic caliphate or the decline and collapse of the Islamic world.
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.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Analysis of the Denmark cartoons issue by Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh, expert of linguistics of negotiation and cross-cultural communication at the Azhar University and moderator of the April 15, 2006 discussion at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on ‘Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Transcript of the questions and answers following the discussion on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended’ at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo on April 15, 2006.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The speech of Sir Derek Plumbly, British ambassador to Egypt, on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended.’
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006 to Friday, April 14, 2006
Egyptian tabloid newspapers have become a major phenomenon in recent years. According to official figures, there are 100 - 150 Egyptian tabloid
newspapers, which have obtained their licenses from a number of European countries, including England, Canada and Cyprus.