Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Nabīl Salamah advocates for the whole world to cooperate in
re-
reading history towards an objective point of view - towards strengthening values of peace, justice and
love. These
are the values common to both religions: Islam and Christianity.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Rifa‘t Fikrī Sa‘īd, an Evangelical pastor, replies to
reproaches
from Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā that the Evangelical church stayed quiet in the
aftermath of
Pope Benedict XVI ‘s discourse on Islam and violence.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
This review addresses the issue of the reported kidnapping of a 15-year old girl called Lorāns who is in her secondary school stage of education. Conflicting versions of the story have emerged: Sawt al- Ummah says Lorāns said that she was kidnapped by four men and a woman wearing a niqāb...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
The government was
accused of sidelining the church and giving
a preferential treatment to Britain’s Muslim community, while Jack
Straw’s statement still sparks
controversy in the British community.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Salīm
al-‘Awa criticizes the
abilities of the Shaykh of al-Azhar in drawing up
fatwás, since he is not a specialist in Islamic
jurisprudence.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
The
author
vehemently attacks the Muslim Brotherhood and divulges their “devilish” plans to recruit new
university students
into the organization.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006 to Friday, October 13, 2006
The author of the
article, Mustafá Bayyūmī, provides a literary analysis of
some of Najīb Mahfūz’s works,
highlighting the great writer’s allusions to the companions of
the Prophet Muhammad in most of his
writings.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006 to Friday, October 13, 2006
The author of the article,
Dr. Muná Abū Sinná, explains the reasons
behind the backwardness of the Muslim world. According to Dr.
Abū Sinná, Muslims’ rejection of logic
and reason for finding the meanings of religious texts is one
of the major reasons behind this
backwardness.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006 to Friday, October 13, 2006
Dr. Ahmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī warns against the dangers
that fabricated
hadīths can pose to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī of
Egypt, ‘Alī Jum‘ah,
rejects charges levelled against official religious figures that
they only serve the government’s point of
view and justifies his fatwá which does not advise wearing the
niqāb.