Displaying 21 - 30 of 39.
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 2004
Omar Bakri, the leader of the group of Al-Muhajeroun [the emigrants] announced that the British police cancelled a conference organized by [Muslim] fundamentalists to celebrate the third anniversary of the 11 September attacks just a few hours before its scheduled time.
Date of source: Saturday, March 27, 2004
Islamic circles in Britain were shocked yesterday by the statements of Lord George Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury (of the Anglican Church), which severely criticized the Islamic culture, describing it as an “oppressive and inflexible” culture. For the first time, fundamentalists and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2005
Whatever the topic of discussion was with one Islamist group or another, and of whatever inclination it may be; the reference is always the Brotherhood and its ideology. This unanimity includes those who passed through the organization’s branches in Syria, Jordan, Egypt etc.; or those who ‘...
23. Two Egyptians, a Palestinian and a Syrian are at the head the list of the most wanted of Britain
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
The British government is trying to enforce some restrictive laws with the claim of fighting terrorism. The aim is to detain Arab political refugees who are described as extremist fundamentalists. The most important are Abu Hamza Al-Masri, Omar Bakri, Yasser Al-Serri and Abu Qatada.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The British authorities discovered that a security company called Sakina was recruiting British Muslim youth and sending them to Chechnya and Afghanistan to participate in Jihad against the Christian West. Therefore they closed the company and arrested its members. The members of Sakina are...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Omar Bakri, the head of Al-Muhagereen [the Immigrants] fundamentalist group, called for British-Muslims who want to join the fighting in Afghanistan to give up their British nationality. At the same time he warned Muslims who serve in the British army against joining the war against Afghanistan,...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The British government is facing demands for investigation of whether Muslim students in Britain are being militarily trained and armed to fight outside Britain, especially in Chechnya and Kashmir. This demand has led to fears among British Muslims, especially those who belong to the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2000
Through an interview with Yasser Al-Serri, one the most famous Egyptian extremists, now living in London, the writer exposed the opportunism of the extremists and their mercurial ability at tailoring the Halal and Haram [permitted and forbidden according to Islam] to suit their purposes. While...
Pages
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.