Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
A
recent
survey on Islam-West relations has revealed deep misunderstanding and suspicions on both sides between the
Muslim world and the West, Makram Muhammad Ahmad says.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
With the growth of home-grown terrorism in Europe and in Canada, scholars and experts discuss the reasons why some Muslims in Western societies seem to be drawn to terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
A conference commemorating the first
anniversary of
the July 7 London bombings is to be held on June 25 in Birmingham, under the auspices of a
number of Islamic
organizations, including al-Ghurabā’ [The strangers] Movement.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Absentee prayers were
performed for the soul of Abou
Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī in many small Egyptian and Jordanian
mosques. The Muslim Brotherhood
considers him to be a martyr.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The
European Union is now developing a new strategy to review the language it uses
to describe terrorists who
claim to act in the name of Islam.
Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
Dr. ‘Abd al-
‘Azīm Ramadān traces the history of clashes between Islamic groups and the Egyptian
government.
Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
The author argues that
terrorism is a complicated phenomena which is difficult
to eradicate since its motives and causes still exist.
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
The writer
asks the
government and the members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to put the group’s supreme guide,
Mahdī
‘Ākif, on trial for his insult to Egypt and Egyptians.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Elizabeth Yell reviews an article, given to AWR by Dr. ‘Alī al- Simmām, head of the Committee of Dialogue and Islamic Relations in the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, which he found to be highly significant on the changing attitude of the Vatican towards Christians in the Middle East.