Date of source: Thursday, August 17, 2006
The article discusses claims about evangelization campaigns
taking place in
Jordan.
Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2006
Muhammad al-
Shāfi‘ī writes about the difficulties that new Muslim
converts face in Western societies,
particularly being singled out by extremist groups.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author discusses why jihādi groups find aircrafts such an attractive target for terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author analyses recent conflicts between the West and Islamic regimes, including the recent conflict between Israel and the Hizb Allāh and asserts that ultimately the war is one of many battles to be fought between those who wish to join the modern world and those who think they have an...
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2006
The author discusses the appointment of the
Egyptian
Organization for Human Rights to the position of advisor to the ECOSOC. She doubts the motivations
behind this and
the legitimacy of the organization.
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2006
In a program on al-Jazīrah News
Channel, the director of the Ibn
Khaldūn Center for Development Studies, Dr.
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, has
outlined his vision of a "new Islamic Middle East" where
minorities have the upper hand. Yāsir Nasr compares
Dr. Ibrāhīm’s vision to the U.S. project
which he...
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2006 to Friday, August 18, 2006
The article discusses the belief rampant in extremist circles in the US and
Europe about the end-of-the-world battle of Armageddon. Many voices consider the Israeli war in southern
Lebanon to
be the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Amīrah ‘Abd al-
Salām interviews self-proclaimed Archbishop
Maximus on topics such as polygamy, links with the U.S and his
relationship with the mother Coptic Orthodox
church.
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2006
In an interview during a recent visit to Egypt to drum up political
support, two officials from
the Somali Islamic sharī‘ah courts denied links with al-
Qā‘idah and the
Afghan movement the Taliban. They pointed out that the courts enjoy a great
deal of popularity after the "unjust
warlords who...
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2006
Basant Mūsa asks Dr. Hāla Mustafa about her opinions on Islamic movements in the Arab world.