Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly affirmed the importance of changing the Arabic discourse for a better understanding of the other [the West]. He said that there is an Arabic-Islamic revival that should be turned into an active civilizing power. He added that...
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
According to Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, there are three kinds of kufr [unbelief]. There is atheism [elhad], which is a total denial of the existence of the Almighty God. There is polytheism [shirk], which means believing in more than one god. The third kind is the denial of Islam and the message...
Date of source: Thursday, November 22, 2001
The British ambassador in Sanaa denied that Yemen renewed its request to be handed over Abu Hamza Al-Masri to trial him for committing terrorist actions on its lands. She added that her country would be happy to hand him over to be tried if there were enough evidences against him.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The book "The New Crusader War" mentioned a fatwa to the effect that if the murderer of the innocent people in America is a Muslim, he has to pay half the diyya [compensation money] to the families of murdered Muslims and nothing more. Usama Bin Laden expressed the same opinion when he was asked...
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2001
A closed seminar discussing "Radical Islam" was held in Britain two weeks ago. The relationship between terrorism and radical Islam and whether the latter was growing or declining, and the relationship between Muslims and the West and the effect of the events of September 11 on the Arabic and...
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2001
Mohammed Al-Sharqawi, who represents the Islamic community in the British House of Lords, pointed out that the different mass media [in Britain] are keen on distorting the image of Islam and Muslims because most of them are owned by Jews. After the attacks of September 11, the media intentionally...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2001
The BBC fired a Muslim journalist from his job because of his clear inclination towards Islam. The British Islamic Council issued a declaration stating its disgust at the decision to fire a journalist for being a member of an Islamic group.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Anglican General Synod of Australia accepted a resolution speaking about persecution of Christians in Egypt. The resolution was accepted without consulting the Anglican bishop in Cairo or Anglican experts in England who are well acquainted with the church in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
Pope Shenouda ended his pastoral visit to Britain and America. During the visit, he met the emigrant Copts of both countries and explained to them that some religious and political matters were covered by western media in a way that harmed national unity in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2001
The Grand Imam conveyed his congratulations to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his taking up office. He assured him that the Azhar was paying great attention to inter-religious dialogue which is part of the doctrine of the Qur’an.