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Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...
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The British Home
Secretary declared
that the British government intends to enforce certain procedures to protect Muslims and to face
terrorism
in all its forms. He added that the government was examining draft laws stating that spreading racial
hostility is considered to be a criminal act.
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In an attempt to put an end to the growing
attacks against Arabs and Muslims
in America, the American Senate agreed on a new law condemning attacks
against American Arabs and Muslims. The law
states that the civil rights of all Americans, including Arab
and Muslim Americans, should be...
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The
papers of this week are still full of news about the violence practiced
against Arabs and Muslims in America,
Europe and Australia after the attacks in America. According to many
writers, the reasons for this growing anti-
Arab and anti-Muslim campaign are to be found in the deformed
image...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 to Thursday, September 6, 2001
The
Cassation court set the session of October 17 for
examining the appeal lodged to stop implementation of the
seven-year prison sentence given to Saad Eddin Ibrahim.
Ibrahim’s defense team denied that there was any
American pressure behind setting the session of October 17 for
examining the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2001 to Monday, September 10, 2001
In his book "Silent No
More," Paul
Findley recounts how Muslims first came to America. He also sheds light on the way Islām is practiced
in
Afghanistan and stressed that the Islām of the Taliban is not the true Islām.
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The Taliban ruling Afghanistan denied recent reports about its agreement to exchange two
Americans, who were accused, with another six aid workers, of Christian missionary activity in Afghanistan,
for
Omar Abdel Rah...
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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Asharq al-Awsat
revealed that the American consul visited Ibrahim in the prison’s hospital and
relieved his worry. He
promised Ibrahim that the American embassy would take care of his case in his capacity as an
American
citizen. al-Musawwar and al-Ah...
Date of source:
Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...