Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author investigates the traditions surrounding death in Islam, and the belief in the afterlife.
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007 to Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wā’il Lutfī writes about ‘Amr Khālid and how he represents the American version of Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Raising the limit of confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood, security forces have arrested two of the group’s members who were also in the People’s Assembly, despite the parliamentary immunities they enjoy. They were accused of organizing a rally against the state. However, they were released...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Dr. ‘Imarah discusses how the West fears the spread of the Islamic civilization and therefore wages wars against Islamic fundamentalism and not against terrorism.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The article presents the transcript of a lecture for the Arab Thought Forum. It considers media distortions and mis-representation in the media that only serve to further antagonize Muslim-Christian relations and the perception of Islam and the Arab world in the West. Drs. Cornelis Hulsman explains...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2007
A discussion about the merits of different Arab language news stations, includes in depth analysis of the proposed BBC Arabic news channel.
Date of source: Thursday, March 8, 2007
Usāmah Haykal reports on the phenomenon of Islamophobia and the image of Islām in the West.
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
“Democrats in London are paying for fanatics in Arabia to indoctrinate children in Pakistan, and a thousand other places, and - yes - right back at us, at the end of the District line,” explains Hari. The article argues that curricula funded by oil dollars from Saudi Arabia teach children racialism...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author highlights the ongoing tensions between the Arab world and the West, and how many of these tensions are perpetrated by Shaykhs on television who issue Fatwás that only serve to widen the gap between the two.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...