Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Interview with Islamic scholar, Dr. Zakī Badawī, a well-known voice for Islamic moderation and tolerance.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
A decisive confrontation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States over minorities’ religious rights is in the cards, but a recent decision to postpone sanctions shows the impact of oil prices on U.S. policy.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
U.S. policies, particularly after they were hijacked by extremists, have drawn many foes and wide-spread anger, to the degree that most Europeans, in a public opinion poll by the European Union (EU) in 2004, named the U.S. the second largest threat to world peace after Israel.
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2005
A journalist writing in The Washington Post has said that the American vision of a democratic Egypt does not mean Islamic governance.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
The author argues that terrorism is a common threat to the world, and thus must be confronted with a unified international response. For this to happen, there needs to be general agreement on the identity of to real enemy.
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2004 to Sunday, November 14, 2004
How does one write a polemic that’s non-polemical, a manifesto that’s not manifestly so? With Christians Observed, the Revd. Dr John Watson, a priest in the Church of England and frequent contributor to Watani, has managed to answer the question.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2004 to Monday, November 15, 2004
Mr. Adel Hammouda wrote a full-page article titled Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the man who lost his shadow for Sawt Al-Umma on November 1, 2004 in which he brought charges against my poor humble self.
I really wish Mr. Hammouda had behaved as a journalist who has respect for his pen and readers, a...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Founding the AAD, which contests the defamation of Islam, is an example of how to deal with adversity in a civilized fashion. Unlike the Global Anti-Semitism Act, which punishes those who differ in opinion with it, the AAD deals with criticism by rebutting it.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2004
The Presbyterian Church in the U.S. took extreme security measures after receiving a threat from fundamentalist Jewish American groups to burn the church during congregation hours. The threat was received in response to the church’s policy towards the Middle East, which the groups found anti-...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2004
A subsidiary committee of the U.S. Congress has voiced concern over the expulsion of some girls from their schools in France because they refused to remove their veil. It considered that a "violation of the freedom of religion," and has contacted the French government, but has not received a...