Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The author conducted an interview with Dr ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn
on Western attacks on
Islam and the role of Islam in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
The author comments on the changes that happened to the
Egyptian way of
thinking and reaction.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 1997
Subtitle: 1- The leader of the organization says, "When Dr. Yehia Ismael said that Hanafy was an apostate, we decided to kill him" 2- The one who was supposed to carry out the operation says, "The plan was to kill him with penknives. I have trained on how to do this in Nozha" 3- An official...
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 1997
Many news reports talk about the existence of a political plan to set up an Israeli community in Australia. The details of this plan, that is supposed to have been agreed by the International Jewish Council and the Zionist Federation in Australia, are not known exactly, but there are some...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Dr. Nasr
Hamed Abu Zeid laments having
been forced to leave Egypt for the Netherlands after being accused of
apostasy.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 25, 1997
The terms ’kafir’ (unbeliever) and ’murtad’ (an
apostate from Islam)
are extremely important in Islam. The article discusses the recent court cases in Egypt
against people
accused of being ’murtad’, for example the case of Nasr Abu Zaid, a professor in Arabic at
the University of
Cairo, and...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The author criticizes Islamic writer Muhammad ‘Umāra and his contradictory positions, shifting from Marxism to Islamist extremist ideologies.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2001
Introducing website and search program linked to RNSAW’s database. Media attention for RNSAW work.
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2001
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd is upset about the media debate on Islam in the West. Abu Zayd rejects the view that Islam should be held responsible for extremist attacks. The political discourse as reflected in Western media did not mind its language. The media debate on Islam is getting more entrapped in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2001
[The RNSAW received this text from Dr. Abu Zayd for placement in the RNSAW. The text was first presented during a conference in June in Berlin, Germany]
Since the occupation of Egypt by Bonaparte in 1798 Muslims have had to address the issue of secularization. Some Muslim thinkers believe Islam...