Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
The article presents an overview of a group calling themselves the Quranists. Dr. Jamāl al-Bannā highlights the group’s stances on certain issues, their history, and what sets them apart from other Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Salman Rushdie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. The bestowal sparked protests in the Muslim world and revived the Muslim wrath over his controversial book entitled, “The Satanic Verses,” and the writer himself.
Date of source: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Islamic researchers and thinkers comment on Robertson’s attacking declarations against Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Muhammad Sayyid reports on different opinions of Muslim scholars concerning the recent Fatwá that permits ‘Urfī marriages.
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Terrorism has proliferated in nearly all Islamic and Arab countries despite the differences between the ruling regimes. Within the Palestinian people’s resistance against the Israeli occupation, the phenomenon spread that some called “suicide bombing” and others called “martyrdom operations.”
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Many people rushed to describe the Azhar bazaar blast that left two people killed and eight others wounded as an individual attack motivated by anger over the current Iraqi and Palestinian crises. However, soon after the Saturday two attacks in downtown Cairo’s ‘Abd al-Muncim Riyād and al-Sayyida ‘...
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The security authorities sealed, once and for all, the files related to the recent terrorist operations in the downtown Cairo areas of the Azhar, al-Sayyida ‘Ā’isha and ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Riyād Square. These terrorist operations had appalled the citizens and resulted in a number of Egyptian and foreign...
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The Pentagon admitted five cases of desecration of copies of the Qur’an inside the US detention camp of Guantanamo, Cuba, by American guards and investigators.
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When Pope John Paul II paid a historic visit to Syria in 2001, he entered the Umayyad Mosque, where Muslims used to head right and Christians used to head left for prayer during the 7th century.
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Grand Imām of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī said the recent desecration of the Qur’ān can never be tolerated, adding the Azhar, the top Muslim institution worldwide, spares no effort in the service of Islam and Muslims and protection of the Muslim faith and sanctities.