Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict will start a four-day visit to Turkey amidst growing protests in Istanbul and Ankara. Tens of thousands took to the streets and chanted anti-pope slogans, expressing their fury at the pope’s remarks on Islām which he made two months ago in a lecture at the University of...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This review discusses political responses to Fārūq Husnī’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source:
Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The court’s decision that cancelled the
celebration of the mulid of Abū Hasera, and annulled a decree from the
Minister of Culture, which
considered the tomb of Abū Hasera to be one of the Egyptian Coptic and Islamic monuments
may be appealed
against by legal experts from the Supreme Council...
Date of source:
The Washington Post newspaper
published a statement directed from the Copts of Egypt to emigrant Copts. The statement stressed that Copts
in
Egypt are enjoying a good life and that the last three years witnessed the exertion of great efforts, on
the part
of the Egyptian government, to solve...
Date of source:
The ninth
Islamic Summit started in al-Doha, in Qatar, with a spirit of understanding and agreement on all the issues on its
agenda. However, there were conflicts regarding the issue of boycotting Israel. The Palestinian
representative was able to
achieve a compromise that gives the members the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2000
This article gives an overall view, based on different newspapers, of the case of the Ibn Khaldūn Center. Al-Ahrām wrote about the investigations of those who are involved with Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm. The press review ends with the comment of al-Ahālī and al-' 'Usbūʿ on the Americans' interference...
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
An overview of three articles dedicated to Sheik Sha’arawi.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
The
author speaks about the publishing of the first Islamic newspaper in German, its importance and aims.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Shaykh Yūsuf al-
Badrī filed a lawsuit against Dr Su‘ād Sālih, accusing her of insulting the wives
of the Prophet Muhammad, after she announced her rejection of the Niqāb.