Date of source: Friday, July 26, 2002
The Pact of Umar is a document purportedly signed by Umar, the second caliph. It is the source of the restrictive regulations on non-Muslims embedded in the Shari´a. It has been used as the model for Muslims´ treatment of dhimmis [protected non-Muslims] from the Middle Ages down to today...
Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi´s book "Islam spread by the sword: true or false?" reviews the history of the spread of Islam since the Prophet till the fourth caliph. The book can be considered a historical testimony that Islam is a religion of love and peace and has never been a religion of violence...
Date of source: Sunday, August 18, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi´s book "Islam spread by the sword: true or false?" reviews the history of the spread of Islam since the Prophet till the fourth caliph. The Islamic Research Institute believes that the book corrects a wrong concept about Islam and brings an end to a false allegation by...
Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Rahman Salam refutes that Islam spread by the sword. He says that the call to Islam is based on wisdom, fair exhortation and choice and that Islam did not know real expansion except in time of peace. He explains that the aim of the conquests Muslims carried out was not to spread Islam but...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2005
A review of a book by author Andreas Baumann, showing that being an advocate of Christian missionary work also can result in a critical self-reflection.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2005 to Friday, December 23, 2005
Usāma Salāma blames al-Katība al-Tībīya magazine for what he describes as promoting extremist views on the pretext of defending religion.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
The author discusses the Coptic revolutions against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Controversy over the religion of a character depicted by Yousuf Shāhīn in a film about the Crusades.
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2004
The presence of Christian communities in the midst of Islamic society proves that the oppression that Christians faced from era to era at the hands of extremists and bigots was the outcome of local conditions more so than being a consequence of extremist principles [of Islam] or intolerance…”
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2004
The role of Islam in saving eastern Christianity from annihilation by the Byzantines is the subject of a study made by the Islamic thinker Muhammad Emara. We present this study in answer to those who accuse Islam and Muslims of backwardness, ignorance, violence, and terrorism. Old Christian history...