Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The religious question resurfaced in the intellectual and political processes in Europe in the last period. The religious question is inevitable in two situations: in the system of religious symbols in public schools and in references to religion in the new forthcoming European constitution....
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The Committee for Children’s Rights of the United Nations asked France yesterday to edit the law of banning religious symbols so that it does not lead to the expulsion of students from schools. The Committee stated that “the state should guarantee that the rights of individuals are not violated and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The British media put the number of British women who have embraced Islam through marriage or upon study [of Islam] at 77,000. The media stated that the events of September 11 prompted a large segment of British society to give attention to Islam and want to know its values and traditions.
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
The Higher State Security Prosecution in Egypt renewed the prison sentence of 52 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood for fifteen days pending interrogations since they were arrested last month.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Akef regarded the arrest of about 60 Brotherhood members a message directed to him because he crossed red lines.
Akef called upon the government to open a dialogue with him instead of applying the policy of indirect messages.
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Dr. Saleh Ben Abdel Aziz Ale El-Sheikh, Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, stated that his country is constantly working to deliver “Islam’s moderate message.”
He added that his government suspended a small number of extremist lecturers from preaching at mosques. This came as part of the plan to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
An American judge allowed yesterday a fatwa of “the international front against Jews and the Crusades” announced by Ben Laden in 1998 to be included among the evidence directed against civil rights lawyer Lyn Stewart [Lawyer of Omar Abdel Rahman] and Ahmed Abdel Sattar, the legal deputy of the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
There are many sources of violence, among these sources:
1- Influence by non-Islamic movements and organizations that apply violence in order to realize their objectives.
2- Scientific and ideological failure in making a clear-cut distinction between the behavior of the unbelievers and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
After more than four years, the Egyptian court of Appeals Court closed forever the file of the case of sectarian violence that took place in the Upper Egyptian village of Al-Kosheh in late 1999 and early 2000. The Court overturned the appeals demanding cancellation of the previous ruling that...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
The Algerian Ministry of Religious Affairs and Awqaf carried out an investigation into Christian missionary activities in the tribal area in Eastern Algeria. The investigation found that there is an active network involved in Christian missionary activities that extend outside Algerian lands.