Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The Islamic Research Institute decided not to ban books that are not in accordance with the Islamic Shari’a. The institute will only respond to the wrong ideas expressed in such books.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Visit of two Egyptian journalists to the Netherlands that AWR organized.
Distortions and threats AWR experienced from US Coptic activists.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Prof. Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi joined the board of advisors of the RNSAW/AWR from the first day it started in 1997. He has been extremely helpful in explaining Islamic subjects and making it possible to meet with the Sheikh al-Azhar, the Minister of Awqaf and numerous Muslim scholars. He is both a...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Three Americans decided to strengthen Arab-West Report by joining the Board of Advisors; Sunni Khalid, a veteran Afro-American Muslim journalist, Paul Perry, a bestselling author and Rev. Dr. Jeff Adams, an Independent Baptist Minister. The three new board members have considerable international...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 2004
The controversial thinker Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid arrived to Beirut as head of the Arab Institute for Renewing Thought, which was inaugurated yesterday. More than 100 thinkers, researchers and academics have come from Europe and the U.S. to join Zeid in launching the institute.
Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid will be the chairman of the Arab Institute for Renewing Thought, an Arab think tank based in Beirut. He has always wished to participate in independent cultural work. “The modernization of thought is the motto but what is more important than the motto is the means. The aim of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
What is the story of the Arab Institution for Ideological Modernization which initiated its activity recently in Beirut with a conference attended by up to 130 Arab intellectuals? What is the reason for appointing the controversial Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid chairman of the Institution? Is there any...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Generally, non-Muslims living on Arab Muslim lands are radically denied the dignity of
the citizen. They are excluded from the process of decision making at all levels. Their rights
are denied, or at least severely restricted, in occupying positions of senior (’sovereign’)
ministries or prime-...
Date of source: Thursday, October 7, 2004
The issue of “freedom of expression” has resurfaced after [Egyptian] writer Usama Anwar Okasha attributed to Amr Ibn Al-’Aas, one of Prophet Muhammad’s Companions, some traits disagreeing with honesty and exemplary behavior. Religious scholars in Egypt were disturbed, and decided to take the issue...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
The heated
controversy in Egypt over the statements of the writer Usama Anwar Okasha has been escalated. In
a press article, Okasha attacked the Companion of the Prophet Amr Ibn Al-‘As and made some
accusations against him, which some people considered an insult to Amr Ibn Al-‘As.
- See art. 7...