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Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
Many of the
issues considered
as belonging to the proven and known in Islām can change according to time and circumstances.
What some
think as protection from foreign danger is really a restriction of development that gives one group of
clergymen the authority to control the beliefs and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Hāzim ‘Abduhlists a number of Muslim and non-Muslim thinkers and writers, whom he says have launched a vicious campaign against Islām in an attempt to undermine Islamic culture and values.
Date of source: Thursday, March 8, 2007
Continuation of the discussion about a takfīr PhD thesis of an Azhar scholar against Rose al-Yūsuf. Recommendation of an interesting comment on the discussions on freedom of expression.
A comment that addresses the often heard religious belief that interpretations of religious texts cannot and...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Despite the
public outrage against the statements of Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī on
the
H...
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2001
The Azhar Scholars Front supported the Minister of Culture and urged him to clean the
Ministry by firing
more officials who are responsible for publishing libertine books. The Front listed 300
books for revision because
of immoral style.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
The author discusses the way the late Egyptian Nobel laureate Najīb
Mahfūz dealt with the issue of religious extremism and terrorism in his novels, namely those of the 1980s, in
which he tried to detect reasons for the spread of fanaticism in the Egyptian society.
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The author discusses the way late Egyptian Nobel laureate Najīb Mahfūz dealt with the
issue of religious extremism and terrorism in his novels, namely those of the 1980s, in which he tried to detect
reasons for the spread of fanaticism in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Growing fundamentalism has become terrorism and has targeted intellectual and political elite. The reasons for these developments and their consequences are mentioned in the following text.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jābir ‘Asfūr describes the history of terrorism
and the appearance of extremist Islamic
organizations in Egypt after the end of Nāsir’s rule and the
beginning of President Sādāt’s
era.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
On the third anniversary of
his death, Rashā
‘Āmir writes about the contributions of Edward Sa‘īd,
the world-renowned
scholar, in the fields of literature and criticism.
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