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Dr. al-ʿAshmāwī; “one of the most influential liberal Islamic thinkers today”
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Background: Dr. Muḥammad Saʿīd al-ʿAshmāwī (1932 – 7.11.2013) was an Egyptian Supreme Court judge and former head of the Court of State Security. He was a specialist in comparative and Islamic Law at Cairo University and is often described as “one of the most influential liberal Islamic thinkers...
3. Saad Eddin Ibrahim meets with CIDT interns to discuss how Islamists have changed
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The following presents the opinion of Saad Eddin Ibrahim – one of the most outspoken critics of the Egyptian government, who was imprisoned from 2000-2003 for his critique. He is a liberal secularist, but as a result of his strong democratic stance, he defends the rights of all groups in society,...
22. The situation of the Muslim military men in the American army
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2001
The guide of the American-Muslim military men asked about their legal stand with regard to participating in the American attacks against Afghanistan, especially as the party which they are supposed to fight against is Muslim. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri and Dr. Sileem Al-...
3. The political culture in Saudi Arabia, between the justifications of the conservatives, the dreams of the reformists and the fears of the realists
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Saudi intellectuals preceded their Arab counterparts in submitting a number of collective demands to their government to effect political reform. The Saudi culture faces two main streams of thought: the reformist stream and the conservative stream, both cutting across the intellectuals and the...
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