Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Dr.
Ikrām Lam‘ī examines the similarities between Father
Matta al-Maskīn and Nagīb
Mahfūz.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2006
The author
refutes claims made by figures in the outlawed Muslim
Brotherhood group that Egyptian novelist Najīb
Mahfūz has come from under the group’s cloak, arguing
that Mahfūz’s relations with the
Brotherhood have never been good as they claim.
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
This article discusses how collaborative efforts are required to create a
mechanism to
control charities receiving zakah, so that funds reach the needy and maximize benefits
for society as a
whole.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
This article reports criticism from a key figure of the Centrist Party against Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī for his attacks on Shī‘ah and on Syrian President Bashshār al-Assad who had attacked the position of Arab leaders on the Israeli war on Lebanon.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is split
over a book authored by a
businessman that interprets the Qur’ān in more than 27,000 verses. He
says his book, the first
literary epic in the Arab world dealing with interpretation of the
Qur’ān, will make it easier
for the public to understand...
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The article discusses extremist ideologies
originating from wahābī oil
countries, which consider women to be devils and propagate
misunderstanding of certain hadīths in a
way offensive to women.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The author discusses the thriving market of audiotapes containing
preaching by salafist
shaykhs attacking Shī‘ah and warning Sunnī
Muslims against supporting
them on the grounds that they are "apostates who allege that the revelation was
meant for ‘Alī
Ibn Abī Tālib but for Archangel Gabriel’...
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
The author discusses the issue of terrorists
targeting Britain, which
explains the tough security measures adopted by the U.K after attempted suicide operations
were foiled.
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
An Egyptian author writes in favor
of Israel and Judaism in a book banned by the Azhar
University.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2006
The author discusses the concept of citizenship as one of
the main components
of political and national identity.