Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
Dr. Gunter Mulack, Commissioner for the Dialogue with the Islamic World of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the need for dialogue between the West and the Arab world to avoid increasing tensions and develop an understanding between different cultures. Many of his views concur with...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 2004
Political, social and economic reform would not be appreciated in Arab
countries unless the bureaucratic bodies and the Islamic movements were convinced this change and
its democratic and capitalist content would be worth it. Unless these two forces are convinced
that the expansion of civil...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
Muslims can no longer remain silent about what is
happening around us in all directions: Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Russia and France. When we
see what is going on around the world, the terrorist acts, we remain silent. No one comes out and
says no. No one fights their sinful acts when Islam...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new Orientalism now uses mainly anthropological methods in interpreting classical
texts, and employs sociological methods in interpreting contemporary phenomenon. We lack access
to Western studies of classical topics as well as contemporary issues. However severely we
criticize what others...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
The article centers on questions raised by President Bush in which he wondered about
the reason for hatred against America. A committee affiliated to the American congress issued a
eighty-page report about the black image of America in the Muslim world. The report explained
that the crisis...
Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2004
Ezzat Al-Sa’dani writes an introduction about Alija
lzetbegovic, the former president of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic. Although he was not
Arabic, he was a perfect example of a Muslim.
Alija lzetbegovic was the only person who
presented Islam through the language understood, known, spoken...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
During the celebration of his appointment to a full professorship at the University of Leiden, the president of the university delivered a speech in which he described (Dr.) Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid as the silent intellect. However, “there is a historical moment when the intellect breaks his silence and...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Islamic scholar
and Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq wrote a book in
which he clarified the image of Islam and Muslims.
The book is a remarkable contribution to
the activation of the current dialogue between religions and civilizations in a bid to achieve...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
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Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
We support reform that emerges from our need for it and that
is carried out by our hands, our minds and our will. We know our needs and we realize our
reality, and we aspire to reform. There is no alternative to this kind of reform, but it requires
crisis management skills, a will and a belief...