Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2003
After seven years of deliberation, the Egyptian Administrative Court decided to halt a lawsuit filed by Al-Kalema [The Word] Center for Human Rights, in which it asks for the cancellation of issuing church permits through the presidential office.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
Sources close to the Muslim Brotherhood group in Egypt said that Khairat Al-Shater was chosen as deputy general guide.
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2003
In response to news about choosing Muhammad Khairat Al-Shater as deputy general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the general guide stressed that his deputy has not been chosen yet and the choice would be made secretly.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
The author comments on the suicide operation committed by two young British Muslim men in Tel Aviv. He criticizes British papers for considering the fact that they are Muslims without taking into account that they are British.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
The author gives a historical background on Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Wahab and how Wahabism was established in the Arabian Peninsula. He believes Wahabism is an Islamic reformation movement.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
The author discusses whether Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Wahab, the founder of Wahabism, called for a new school in Islam or simply agreed with the imams of the four main schools. He gives a background on the ideologies of each school to conclude that there is accordance in everything between the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2003
The bishops and patriarchs of Iraq asked the head of the Security Council to make the Iraqi constitution include articles that guarantee Christians their religious, cultural, social and political rights.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2003
The article is an overview of a book by the head of the French Council of the Islamic Religion, titled “Non! L’Islam n’est pas Politique [Islam is not politics].”
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2003
The French Prime Minister says that his government may give teachers a legal right to expel students who do not follow the secular traditions of the country. The issue of wearing veil in schools and the sermons of Muslim imams are raised in parallel.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2003
The French Prime Minister attended the first meeting of the French Council of the Islamic Religion. The participants applauded his speech as he explained that the French government would deal with the council as a body representing Muslims in France. He called on the council to be a voice of...