Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue said that the aim of inter-religious dialogue is to prove that Islam is not calling for extremism. He added that the West distorted the history of the Crusades to prove that it was Muslims who attacked them. He said that...
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2001
Instead of isolation of fundamentalist leaders living in exile, they are now making statements through e-mail or web sites, declaring their point of view.. The newest e-Jihad site is the Mujahidin, supervised by the Arab-Afghans. In the Mujahidin site, published in Arabic, English, and Turkish, is...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2000
The Assistant Interior Minister says that terrorist groups are still present and develop themselves. Some of their members are highly educated and can plan very well in order not to be discovered. Most of them are young people who go through brain washing making them rather die than be discovered....
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The issue of the possibility of establishing a political party by the Muslim Brotherhood is still on the surface. The Muslim Brotherhood is something like a self-centered powerful lobby or a subtly-integrated community within the society. They have their customs, traditions and rituals. As far as...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The idea of establishing a party representing the Brotherhood has its supporters and opponents. Prof. Rifa’at El-Said, Dr. Abu El-Ela Madi and Dr. Hossam Badrawi totally reject the idea and believe this would be a threat to society. Prof. Milad Hanna is of opinion that this is not a challenge to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
Essam Al-Erian, one of the prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that raising young men and the entire Egyptian nation on Islam and moralities is the way towards forming an Islamic community. He added that there is no difference between political parties concerning general principles....
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
This is the third part of the dramatic scene in which the writer gives the pros and the cons of the idea of establishing an Islamic party by the Muslim Brotherhood through a conversation between three friends [see RNSAW week 49, article 6 and week 50, article 3]. The friend who opposed the idea is...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2000
The Moroccan government prosecuted more than 700 members of the Islamic group of "Al-Adl Wa Al-Ahsan" [litt: Justice and charity] after trying to demonstrate during the national day of human rights. Some of the prosecutors are relatives of the group’s Guide.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2000
Dr. Yohanna Qolta, the Deputy Patriarch of the Catholic Copts, spoke about his memories about the month of Ramadan and about the impact of Islam on his writings. He pointed out the reasons behind the appearance of the term "emigrant Copts" and the attitude of his church towards them. He also spoke...
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2000
Because of the increased and continuing atrocities of the State of Israel, the Islamic Scholars around the world declared this Ramadan a month of Intifada saying that it is a divine obligation upon the Muslims world-wide to respond to their call verbally, financially, physically and militarily.