Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Document of Religious Rights, signed in April 2005 by the former head of
the Interfaith Dialogue
Committee, Dr. Fawzī al-Zifzāf, with visiting U.S. Christian clerics, has
been categorically rejected
by the Religious Affairs Committee of the People’s Assembly, on the grounds that
it "...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The
Dialogue Committee at the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has
announced a draft bill on respect of religions
and prevention of contempt for the beliefs of ‘the other’.
The draft will be presented at the next session of the
UN General Assembly.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed
an Administrative Judicial Court ruling acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith
as an official religion in
Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Egyptian Rabi‘ ‘UthmaЃn, known
as Muhammad al-MasriЃ, is suspected of involvement in planning the Madrid train bombs in 2004
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Two reportedly missing Coptic girls,
Mary As‘ad Jirjis and Marcelle Samou’īl Qiddīs of Naj‘ Hammādī
have been recently found at the house of Karīma al-Sayyid Muhammad who informed the police of the girls’
presence after reading about their disappearance in the newspapers.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
A recent report
submitted by the Dutch Intelligence Agency (AIVD) to the Dutch parliament on terror threats and the spread of
extremism among the younger generation of Muslim immigrants has revealed that female extremists in the Netherlands
have a more prominent role than that of their...
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2006
Nearly 30 terror suspects have been labeled
“undesirable aliens” by the Dutch government as part of the procedures to deport foreigners who pose a threat to
public order and security.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The governmnet seeks to thwart the Muslim Brotherhood’s
plan to publish newspapers promoting their political platform.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The author argues that the fact that Islamic groups, not liberal and secular movements, are
the the big winners of the US’s efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East confuses the US
administration, and American thinktanks as well.
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2006
Sudanese Islamic leader Dr. Hasan al-
Turābi has recently made known some of his views on a number of controversial Muslim issues, including the
hijāb, marriage between a Muslim woman and a kitābī [Reviewer: belonging to the
book, a Christian or a Jew], women leading prayers and the testimony of...