Date of source: Friday, December 23, 2005
Muhammad ‘Umāra argues that the misinterpretation of the verses 58-63 of al-Anfāl chapter [Editor: The spoils of war] is the main reason behind the spread of false perceptions about Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Jamāl Badawī examines the early seeds of religion in Egyptian history.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Dr. Nabīl Louqā Bibāwī writes on the passivity of Copts with regard to their effectual participation in the Egyptian political domain.
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2005
Dr. Wajīh argues that Islam is viewed in the West through the interpretations of some western writers who are believed to be experts on Islam, something which is, in many cases, not true.
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The author argues that Islam knows no violence, terrorism or compulsion and that Egypt’s Christians welcomed the Islamic conquests since they liberated their churches from the Byzantines and returned them to the Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Muhammad Wajdī Qandīl writes about how the United States sees Islam and how it intends to deal with what he calls the ’green peril’.
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
Members of the Coptic and Muslim communities respond to President Mubārak’s decision to shift the authority regulating the building and demolition of houses of worship to the governors.
Date of source: Monday, December 12, 2005
A commentary on the problem of those who would turn Islam from a religion into a political system.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2005
The author seeks to dispel misconceptions about the position of non-Muslims in early-Islam and the jizya [money paid by non-Muslims in a Muslim state in return for protection and safety].
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
The Moroccan Ministry of Awqāf has nominated Professor of Criminal Law, Dr. Nabīl Louqā Bibāwī, for the King Muhammad V Islamic Thought Award for his book Zawjāt al-Rasoul Bayn al-Haqīqa wa al-Iftirā’ [The Prophet’s wives...between truth and falsehood].