Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
A direct political dialogue with moderate Islamist movements could help to dampen the threat of the jihadi groups. Such is the conclusion of a report recently carried out by a group of American experts. The authors of the document add that the American administration should start to establish...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2005
Alistair Crook succeeded in holding unprecedented meeting in Beirut on March 21-22 where American personalities close to decision-making circles in U.S and leaders or representatives of some Islamic movements in the area attended the event.
The conference was just an occasion for a real and direct...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2005
Celebrating the Passover, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported an alliance of 20 organizations of the Jews from Egyptian origin, in Israel and around the world, on the demand to save the Jewish legacy in Cairo and Alexandria.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The current stage of our nation’s history requires objectiveness, transparency and truth more than any personal, partisan, or sectarian interests. Discussing the Egyptian opposition abroad, questions arise, pertaining to reasons, legitimacy, allegiance, and interests.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
News about the arrest of terrorist suspects all over Europe and the U.S. drew the attention to what is known as the dormant terrorist cells of al-Qācida
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Institute under Grand Imām Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī approved banning the publication of books that “foment sedition and cause rifts in the Arab and Muslim ranks.”
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2005
Last February, I interviewed Alistair Crook, a former British intelligence officer, in my [Aljazzeera] Bilā Hudoud [without limits] TV program. Working on activities pertaining to Islamic nations, Crook’s first mission was in Afghanistan, during the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1990 and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
It is a strange and alarming phenomenon to see the contemporary Arab thinkers advocating fiercely conspiracy theories.
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2005
Will states apologize for their mistakes against other nations? What if those mistakes were conducted tens/hundreds of years ago? How can political systems be held responsible for faults of their predecessors?
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
The US started dialogue with Middle Eastern political Islamic groups. These dialogues are usually not public, and hosted in Arab or European capitals. Beirut hosted a secret meeting calling for the necessity of dealing with moderate political Islam.