Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
Many members of the Ibn Khaldoun Center have resigned to express their objection to the decision of the US Congress to allocate $2 million to the center, headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim. They reject Ibrahim´s support for Washington´s use of aid to pressure Egypt to apply democracy. The...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim struck back 29 November against what he termed a "campaign of hatred" conducted in the Egyptian press against himself and the Ibn Khaldoun Center, but not before members of the center´s board resigned amidst a firestorm of press criticism of Ibrahim. Art. 3 – we weren´t...
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2003
In comparing the conditions of Arab and Islamic societies today to their conditions centuries ago, it will be clear that the predominance of the “violent mind” has mounted. To be precise, however, it is the “culture of the violent mind” and not the “violent mind” itself that spread among large...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
The article criticizes the Arab ‘addiction´ to the conspiracy theory. The author believes that the theory of the conspiracy against Islam gains grounds at the time the Israeli-American alliance tightens its grip on the Arab world. It would be wrong to apply the conspiracy theory in this...
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2003
The author compares between two approaches in Islam. The first is the imitation approach that simply imitates the salafi ideas in a very traditional way without questioning them. The second is the reasoning approach that gives place to the mind to question everything.
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2003
Tareq Heggi presents a historical background of different Islamic movements, schools, and trends. Through the article, the writer is trying to analyze the reasons behind the two main approaches towards Islam: the peaceful approach and the extremist approach.
Date of source: Saturday, August 6, 2005 to Friday, August 12, 2005
An answer to Tāriq Hajī’s letter to the Minister of Endowments, published in Rose al-Yousuf, issue no.4018, entitled "How to let al-Shaf‘ī and Abu Hanifa triumph over Ibn Taymia?"
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
Criticizing the press release of the US Copts Association. Some Copts frequently resort to claims of Islamic extremism if decisions are made they don´t like. This doens´t help.
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2002
Many Arabs and Muslims believe that there is a conspiracy against Muslims and Arabs. Talking about conspiracy is a waste of energy of the community. Arabs and Muslims should follow the example of Japan and China. The two countries were bombed by nuclear bombs by the West. However, instead of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Tarek Heggy details the various ways in which the Copts are oppressed and argues that if the matter is not dealt with in Egypt, it will be discussed abroad.