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Nāhid ‘Izzat writes that while some Muslims are being attacked in the West, some objective officials and writers are doing their best to correct the Western false perceptions about Islam, and in Austria, it has even been decided to allow the Adhān [call to prayer] inside the parliament building.
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Some reports say that European women converting to Islam are outnumbering the men. Some attribute this to the number of European women marrying Muslim men while other reports say the conversion is out of sympathy with Muslims in their post-9/11 ordeal and curiosity to know more about Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Half a century after it was banned, Najīb Mahfouz’s controversial novel, Awlād Hāritnā, is returning to the Egyptian market, this time with an introduction by Islamic thinker Ahmad Kamāl Abu al-Majd at the request of Mahfouz himself.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he personally condemned the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten. In an interview with the Danish TV2 station, Rasmussen said that he respected religious beliefs and that would prevent him from depicting Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious symbol...
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Nabīl Sāmu’īl Abādīr argues that NGOs promoting democracy should themselves be democratic.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Tal‘at Jād Allāh discusses the recent parliamentary elections, stating that people’s choices were based on a either a religious element, not one of citizenship and efficiency, or on the highest pay offered by vote-buying candidates.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
In Al-‘Ālam al-Ān (the world now), a program broadcast on the American Radio Sawa, General Coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Change-otherwise known as Kifāya [enough], George Ishāq, has rejected the calls of leader of the Washington-based US Coptic Association (USCA), Michael Munīr, to hold...
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
The author reports that Copts are celebrating Holy Epiphany, the baptism of Jesus.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Reviewer: ‘Amr al-Misrī
The newspapers report that some extremist Israelis have been celebrating the mawlid of Abu Hasīra in Egypt with strange rituals which have caused much anger among Egyptian locals.
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
Ikrām Lam‘ī argues that Arab and Muslim cultures have the historical ability to hold dialogues with the other cultures, and they have proved able to positively interact with those different cultures, taking part in a constructive dialogue with ’the other’.