Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
In spite of the democratic trends which prevail in the Muslim world and among some Islamic activists, there are still many conflicting attitudes about democracy which raises doubts about the future.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The article reports on a decision of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy that prevents Christian or Jewish wives, as well as children of a Muslim man, from receiving inheritance from him after his death.
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2008
Claire Naṣīf comments on a fatwā delivered by a Palestinian shaykh affiliated to the Hamās faction in which he called for his countrymen to kill Egyptian boarders troops when they overthrow Egypt’s boarders at Gaza.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
Du‘ā’ and preachers complain about their low wages. Shaykh Fu’ād ‘Abd al-‘Azīm asserts that the Ministry of Endowments did not receive any request to establish a syndicate for preachers.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
The Azhar is experiencing a controversy between scholars who call for the purification of fiqh heritage and those who believe fiqh already contains rules of extended applications and that no scholar now is able to understand such rules.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
The author blames Muslim clerics who appear on satellite channels for their hard and sad faces. He calls them "Shaykhs of misery."
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Turkish forces continue to clash with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s guerrillas [PKK] in south-eastern areas near its border with Iraq.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2008
The article reviews clashes that took place between security forces and protesters of the city of al-Mahallah al-Kubrá on April 6 and 7.
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
A document issued by the US Republican Institute reveals the institutes’s plan to infiltrate political parties and civil society organizations in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Midhat Bishāy complains about the lack of tolerance that exists between the Coptic Orthodox Church’s leaders and their opponents.