Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
The article adds to the author’s series of articles responding to Archpriest Zakarīyā Butrus’s critique of Islām. In this article, the author compares the Islamic and Christian perspectives on principles of sacrifice and forgiveness.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A group of computer hackers calling itself ‘The Defenders of Islam’ has hacked into some Christian websites and changed the Christian materials into Qur’ ānic verses that urge Muslims to kill Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Muslim thinker Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah has come under fire for his book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayna al- Shī‘ah wa-al-Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], in which he quoted texts that allegedly incite the killing of non-Muslims. Disregarding Dr...
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
The article briefly mentions opinions of Muslim and Christian thinkers on reforming the Islamic discourse to fit modernization.
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
In a series of articles, entitled ‘The Perils of a Religious State,’ Dr. Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Culture, warns against the dangers of Islamic theocracy.
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
The declaration to establish the Muslim Brotherhood party has triggered a big reaction in the media. Some consider the move to be a political maneuver, due to the dilemma the Brotherhood passed through after students connected to it held a parade at the Azhar University. Others saw it as a step...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The Egyptian minister of endowments visits Egyptian cities to call for the new Islamic discourse that is necessary in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
Ḥamdī Rizq interviewed a number of Niqāb-wearing women who work at the Ministry of Endowments about their reactions to the minister’s recent decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb
Date of source: Saturday, January 20, 2007
The author gives evidences to prove that the Ḥijāb is never meant as a headscarf in the Holy Qur’ān, believing that it cannot be a religious Farīdah.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
In an interview with al-Wafd, Dr. Jamāl Rajab Sīdbī, a professor of Islamic philosophy at Suez Canal University who is also an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, in Nizwa, Oman, discusses the recent escalation in tensions between Islām and the West.