Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2005
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel wrote in the first chapter of his book “Summer Meditations” that he had to utilize the minimum level of every person’s positive trends in a bid to put an end to the chaos emerged following he collapse of his country’s old totalitarian regime.
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2004 to Friday, December 17, 2004
A recent news item said, “Spanish scientists unearth a 14-million-year-old fossil, which, they said, the ascendant of all primates and mankind according to Darwin’s evolution theory.”
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2004
Awqaf Minister Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq said he would not back down on the bid to unify the azan [Muslim call for prayer,] adding preparations are underway.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2004 to Friday, November 26, 2004
The problem is that everybody is talking about the correct version of Islam without really knowing what correct Islam is, in other words an Islam that goes in line with the manners of our age and the latter’s way of thinking.
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002 to Friday, December 20, 2002
The author criticizes the fact that mosques use loudspeakers for preaching all the time. She believes that using loudspeakers is one of the results of the Islamist religious expansion and a form of religious fanaticism.
Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2002
In the symposium of “The heavenly religions and the Arabic identity,” the Sheikh of the Azhar said that heavenly religions came for all human beings and do not have any relation to the Arabic identity or any other identity. Pope Shenouda said that religions should have a universal direction and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 14, 2002 to Friday, September 20, 2002
One of the main characteristics of the universality of Islam is that it respects the intellect and opens the door of knowledge for Muslims. Human beings could not be God´s successors on earth unless they seek knowledge and make effort to gain knowledge. The knowledge God calls for is a...
Date of source: Saturday, August 31, 2002 to Friday, September 6, 2002
Islam is a universal religion that addresses the people in a language that is based on guidance, explanation and persuasion. The message of Islam fits all places and all times. It addresses all sorts of human beings and recognizes all their needs, both material and spiritual needs.
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2002
A T-shirt design of a dog and a “How are you?” under it caused a problem in a clothes factory. Workers refused to process the design and threatened to go on a strike, believing that the way the dog´s legs are drawn is an imitation of how the word “Allah” is written in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002 to Friday, July 26, 2002
Rose Al-Youssef´s special file for this week covers many different subjects: Terrorists and Islamists living in Britain, Sheikh Amr Khaled´s way of preaching, Islam and politics, the role men of religion can play to build up societies and the issue of hijab in Islam.