Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A school
textbook about Islam is
taught in Spanish schools as part of a project for discovering Islam in Europe.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author discusses what he describes as an anti-Islam campaign in the West, for which, he says, Muslims are partly to be blamed. He noted that Muslims and Arabs have changed their perceptions about Europe after successive clashes and attacks on its teaching in several European countries.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
More than 100 Muslim scholars and university professors signed a statement, in which they condemned the insults to the prophet’s companions, which were published by al- Ghad newspaper on October 4, 2006. The statement indicated that any attack against the prophet’s companions and wives...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
In an
attempt to symbolize their financial difficulties and unemployment, dozens of journalists protested against
the
government’s decision to close Muslim Brotherhood affiliated newspaper, Āfāq
‘Arabīyah by posing as vegetables and drinks sellers on the sidewalk of the Press
Syndicate.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The French Parliament adopted a law,
imposing jail
sanctions against anyone who denies the Turkish holocaust committed against Armenians during the
First World
War. The law aroused wide arguments in France, Turkey and the European Union in general.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Four Dutchmen of Arab origin stand on trial for planning
to execute attacks
targeting a number of political figures and important buildings, including the parliament
and the airport.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The review deals with statements
made by the deputy guide of the
Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Muhammad Habīb, in which he said the passing of
power to Jamāl Mubārak,
the son of President Husnī Mubārak, will never be accepted by
the group and it "will be over our
dead bodies." The statements...