Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
The article reports an interview by the French radio station “RTL” with the French Muslim Minister of State for Sustainable Development Affairs. She stated that she is against the wearing of hijabs [veil covering a woman´s hair] in state schools. The article presents also a short review...
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
Seven religious scholars refute the allegations of the Zionist German writer Christian Luxenburg, who claims that the Qur´an was written in the Aramaic language which prevailed at that time and not Arabic. Further, they argue against his theory that the Qur´an was not a revealed text but...
Date of source: Friday, October 3, 2003
The German Supreme Constitutional Court released a verdict, despite dissenting differences among the eight judges, on the wearing of hegabs [veil covering a woman’s hair]. The court gave permission to a Muslim teacher to wear the veil while teaching in class.
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
The spokesman for the Russian General Staff in the Northern Caucasus accused the Muslim Brotherhood of transferring three million dollars to the elected Chechen president who seeks to break away from the Russian Union. The Brotherhood also supports leaders of the Chechen fighters in order to ruin...
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2003
The author comments on the opposition of two Iranian women living in France towards the hijab, which has been imposed on all women in Iran after the Islamic revolution. The first wrote a book titled "Let the Veil Fail" and the second issued three picture books titled "Kings’ Land." The book and the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The American magazine Newsweek continues the anti-Islamic campaign launched by the West and Zionism. It has recently published an article of an anonymous writer, allegedly Christoph Luxenberg, under the title “Defying the Qur´an.” The author of this article claimed that the Qur´an was...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The German Constitutional Court allowed Fereshta Ludin, a Muslim teacher, to wear the hijab [head cover] during working hours. The court added that local parliaments and not the ministries of Education or Justice are responsible to give future decisions about hijab issues. [Similar news is reported...
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2003
The US started to implement a plan to improve its image in the eyes of Arab people under the cover of inter-religious and inter-civilizational dialogue. The latest part of the plan is a program that was prepared for after the invasion of Iraq. According to the program some American associations and...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The article is an interview with Gabriela Linda, the head of the section for “Dialogue with the Islamic world” in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She comments on the relations between Europe and Islam and dialogue between the two parties. She also comments on the issue of terrorism and the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2003 to Friday, October 3, 2003
Last March, the CIA in cooperation with the Pakistani police succeeded in arresting Kuwaiti terrorist Khaled Muhammad Sheikh, whom US authorities consider the master mind of the September 11 attacks. The article covers the most important confessions he gave in the investigation the CIA conducted...