Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005
Professor Bruce B. Lawrence, the head of the religions department of the Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is the author of the book Islam Beyond Violence, in which he defended the religion many Western writers allege as one that urges believers to be extreme and violent and assault...
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2005
The letter sent by Eric Edelman, former US Ambassador in Turkey, to the Turkish minister of religious affairs, Muhammad Eden, about Turkish anti conversion tactics, opened a hot debate about the protestant encroachment into the society and the dilemma of identity versus benefits of the European...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The French magazine Science et Vie [Science and Life] has proven the shroud exhibited in Torino and claimed to be the one in which the body of the Christ was wrapped after his crucifixion, to be fake.
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
French newspaper Le Monde has recently dedicated a supplement on the status of Christians in the Arab world and neighboring countries, particularly Iran and Turkey.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 22, 2005
A London-based fundamentalist center revealed that Britain’s Home Office has turned down a political asylum application by an Egyptian Islamist affiliated with the banned al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya [Islamic Group].
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2005
There are many voices in the West oposing enmity to Islam, some of whom are politicians, intellectuals and clerics as well as citizens who got acquainted with the values and precepts of a conviction that addresses the mind.
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2005
The new thing about al-Qā‘ida’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawāhirī tape aired by the Doha-based Aljazeera news channel on June 17, 2005 was that it focused on his concept of “reform,” “freedom” and “political participation.”
Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2005
The emergence of the first over-dissident movement in the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church has raised many questions and sparked heated debate in Coptic circles which suspect a Zionist conspiracy.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005
Human trading is a common phenomenon practiced by some Jews in Israel. Multi-branched gangs in Africa and East Asia import poor people in these countries and gain a lot. Three sides benefit from this trade: the broker who arranges the agreement in Europe or Africa, the imported people, and Israel.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
A French university council meets next October to discuss the hijāb issue inside colleges in the aftermath of a recent decision by the University of Paris X-Nanterre, one of the most famous in France, to have hijāb-wearing students inspected during exams.