Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
Nobody in Europe
forgets that Tareq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna, and people in the Islamic world
regard him as a foreigner. So both sides do not trust him, though his objective is to bridge the
gap between Islamic culture and the West.
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
A
French magazine raised the question of whether Tareq Ramadan is an angel or a devil.
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2004
Democracy is the keyword in the crisis of the veil in France
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim discusses
the crisis caused by the French draft law banning Muslim women from wearing head covers in French
public schools and institutions
He argues that people should not overlook the great
significance lying...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The article reports about Muhammad Kamal Mustafa, an Egyptian
Imam living in Spain who was sentenced to jail and fined 2,160 Euro by a Spanish court. Mustafa
is accused of publishing a book in which he says that punishing a disobedient woman should be
done through light beating.
The court...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
The article presents the
views of a number of Muslim intellectuals such as Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Egyptian Minister of
Awqaf [Endowments], Muhammad Ben Ya’eesh, president of the Islamic-European Chamber of Commerce,
and Ga’far Abdel Salam, the secretary general of the league of Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2004
More than one French magazine
confirmed that Tareq Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the banned group of the Muslim
Brotherhood, is the target of many Western and Arab intelligence agencies as [allegedly] the
secret leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. But Ramadan denied all the...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2004
Mamdouh Ismail criticizes the opinions of Prince Al-Walid Ibn Talal [the owner
of the music satellite channel Rotana] on the issue of the veil in France and of martyrdom
operations. The prince voiced his opinion in an interview with the French paper Le Figaro.
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi
confirmed that the veil is an Islamic obligation and whoever denies it is considered an apostate.
During the meeting of the head authority of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and
Relief, he said that dealing with the French veil ban...
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2004
Today, a
harsh delusory media campaign would be mounted against France due to the law banning the donning
of explicit religious symbols. We might as well take France’s ’lead and put our house in order
by going after the countless issues we tend to shelf or place ’on hold’, leaving them...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The French Cabinet finally issued the decision to
ban the veil, regardless of the feelings of religious minorities, whether they are Muslims, Jews
or Sikhs. The problem that worries France, Europe and America is the failure to integrate
resident immigrants and the multiplicity of customs and...