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23. 40 years after the execution of Sayyid Qutb…the problem of interpretation.
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
‘Abd Allāh al-‘Alyān, the author, discusses an article written by Radwān al-Sayyid about the thoughts of late prominent leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb. The article aims to acquit Qutb of being the ideological source of violence-motivated groups.
6. Orientalism and the future of Arab and Islamic studies
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new Orientalism now uses mainly anthropological methods in interpreting classical texts, and employs sociological methods in interpreting contemporary phenomenon. We lack access to Western studies of classical topics as well as contemporary issues. However severely we criticize what others...
29. A new French theory: Terrorism is near its end and Jihad turns into internal unrest
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
The French social researcher and the professor at the Political Studies Institute of Paris, Gilles Kepel, discussed the urgent need for stopping Western attacks on the Islamic world in his book “The War for Muslim Minds.” He points out that it is the right time for reconciliation between the two...
10. Whose turn after Afghanistan?
Date of source: Wednesday, November 14, 2001
One of the strange things about the current American war, which talks of fighting terrorism as one of its main targets, is that it started after the world witnessed a decline in terrorism. When terrorism was active, America was among the countries hosting it. Most of the leaders of the extremist...
45. The Prophet is back
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Saturday, August 21, 1999
In response to a spate of articles in the British media alleging that censorship has banned more than 90 books in Egypt, Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif has dismissed such reports as "sheer fabrication with no basis of truth." British media charged that this included the book " The Prophet...
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