Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2007
A tough campaign led by thinkers and politicians has targeted the proposed manifesto of the banned Muslim Brotherhood’s political party for its decision to rule out non-Muslims and women from assuming leading positions. The platform also stipulates an elected board of prominent religious scholars...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
In the article, scores of thinkers comment on the proposed platform of the political party of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Politicians, thinkers, and human right activists have asserted that the long-awaited platform of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group is a huge jump backward in politics as it clearly rules women and Coptic citizens out of high leading positions.
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2007
Rumors about Mubārak’s health spread like wildfire and created wide-ranged uproar in society. Although the role of the press in the circulation of the news was undeniable, some insist on the unwavering responsibility of official authorities in making rumors appear more credible by hesitating in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2007
al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ proposed a debate on how some Muslim scholars consider inter-religious dialogue. While many approve of it as being a positive means of creating peace and ending conflicts, others reject it in under the present conditions of attacks on Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Muḥammad al-Shāfi‘ī interviews Islamic radical thinker Shaykh cUmar Bakrī, who was deported from the U.K. due to his extremist stances against the West, about his activities in his new residence in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2007
A new wave of anger swept the Muslim world in response to the provocative statements of a Dutch statesman who called to ban the circulation of the Qur’ān in The Netherlands, describing it as an ‘unbearable book’ that promotes hatred and terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
Where did the term “Islamophobia” originate, who does it serve, who does it threaten, and does the West really fear Islam? The following article provides details to these questions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2007
al-Miṣrī al-Yawm cites an interview conducted by the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung with Msgr. George Gaenswein, secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, who warned of what he called the danger that the spread of Islam poses in Europe, and defended the pope’s controversial remarks against Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Muftī of Egypt Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah asserted that Muslims are free to change their faith as it is a matter between an individual and God.