Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The author argues for the
existence of a third generation of terrorists, and the
features that distinguish them from previous generations.
Date of source: Saturday, May 13, 2006
The author investigates in this series of articles the early beginnings of the Salafist ideology that depends on jihād as its principal activity and discusses the reverberations of this movement in several countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Al- Zindanī’s fatwa on ’friend marriage’ has caused a
wide controversy in religious circles as well as public opinion.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
During his visit to Egypt last week, former prime minister of The
Netherlands, Prof. Andreas Van Agt, gave a lecture entitled, "Culture and business: The Netherlands as the
gateway to Europe,” at the Cairo International Lions Club. The lecture addressed the Palestinian-
Israeli
conflict and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
AWR asked our former intern Maria Roeder, a student of media science at the University of Jena in Germany, to summarize a study commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Interior about Austrian media reporting on Muslims and about media from countries with Muslim majorities reporting about...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Author
Hānī Labīb argues that globalization, according to its Western
version in general and the
American version in particular, represents a serious threat to citizenship. He adds that
national
sovereignty is no longer absolute or immunized.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author says that Muslims should leave
Islam to defend itself,
and stop bringing religion into conflicts, such as the Iraq or Palestine conflicts, which
should be dealt
with as causes of people under oppression struggling for their rights, away from religion.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī had an interview with
Dr. Bishāra
Khidr, a professor of political and economic sciences at the Catholic University of
Leuven in Belgium and
the director of the Modern Center for Arabic Studies at the same university,
during his visit to Cairo. He talked
about his opinions...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The author examines the question of how to ensure that democracy in Middle Eastern countries does not come at the expense of secularism, personal freedoms, and equal rights for women and minorities, given that both American policy-makers and most Arabs hold to the reductionist view that democracy...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The statement made by the activists and members of Coptic associations which met in Montreal, Canada, April 7-9, 2006, to review and debate the situation of the Copts in Egypt and the future of Coptic activism.