Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
King ‘Abd Allāh of Saudi Arabia has met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch. Despite widespread support for the king’s initiative, hard-liners considered it treason to Islam, and an attempt to normalize relations with the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Muḥammad
Khalīl reports on the repercussions to a recent Fatwá prohibiting Muslim men from marrying Jewish
women residing in Israel.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Muslims began to emigrate to England after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Now their estimated number is more than one million persons. They have now about 1500 mosques and dozens of Islamic centers throughout England.
Date of source: Saturday, November 3, 2007
Muslims respect Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the Bible which are all common ground that should bring Christians and Muslims together and be a solid base for strong and cooperative relations between them.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Sectarian incidents ignited in the Upper Egyptian village of Samālūṭ in al-Miniā governorate over an estate that the church purchased in 2003.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
A big debate has hit leaders and members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group over the controversial pending agenda of the Brotherhood’s party.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The recent clash between journalists and the grand Imām of the Azhar after the latter’s controversial speech, in which he demanding punishing rumor-mongers and false reporters with 80 lashes, has marked a new critical turning point in the already-strained relations between non-governmental press...
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2007
The grand Imām of the Azhar’s declarations about the Islamic punishment imposed on people who spread rumors that hurt others has increased tension in press milieus. Journalists reacted fiercely to the grand Iimām’s declarations and called for his resignation.
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2007
A Syrian radical cleric ‘Umar Bakrī has been prevented from entering the U.K. due to media reports on his controversial stances toward the bombing attacks that have recently taken place in Britain. Bakrī, the founder of al-Muhajiroun Movement in the U.K., calls on British authorities either to try...
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2007
A tough campaign led by thinkers and politicians has targeted the proposed manifesto of the banned Muslim Brotherhood’s political party for its decision to rule out non-Muslims and women from assuming leading positions. The platform also stipulates an elected board of prominent religious scholars...