Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2007
A number of Muslim scholars are calling for an international law to criminalize insulting Islamic symbols.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Prof. Andreas van Agt explained great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the pasty decades, becoming more hostile to religion and certainly not only Islām. Muslims needs to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European critique on Islām and the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
The author argues that the meaning of terrorism constitutes an intellectual problem for Western thinkers who have not succeeded in given it a comprehensive definition. This is contrary to Sharī‘ah which not only defined terrorism, but also differentiated between it and the other concepts and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2007
The article highlights Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s recent trip to the Middle East, and the focus of the conference the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2007 to Friday, February 16, 2007
Coptic, like Muslim fundamentalism, is not in the interest of Egypt. Usāmah Salāmah from Rose al-Yūsuf discusses different arguments of Coptic figures and responds to them in the following article.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Majdī Khalīl addresses some of the solutions suggested to solve the problem of minority representation in legislative bodies.
Date of source: Thursday, January 25, 2007
A few days ago, Islamic thinker Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah was summoned by Judge ‘Abd al-Majīd Maḥmūd, the public prosecutor, to answer accusations brought against him by Lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl, the head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization [EUHRO, see: http://www.euhroeg.com/], and Father...
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
This article criticizes the Egyptian government for refusing to recognize the fact that there are minorities in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author discusses the belief that secularism is the only way of making headway and progress in the Arab world. He critiques Lafīf Lakhdar’s arguments, and considers how relevant they are in reforming Islamic society.
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
Majdī Khalīl discusses some of the principles which he says govern the political representation of minorities, as enshrined in international covenants, and proposes several mechanisms in this regard.