Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In an attempt to quench the uproar over his recent fatwá that appeared
to allow the
killing of Israeli Jews worldwide, Muslim dā‘īyah Shaykh
Safwat
Hijāzī, explains in two interviews with Sawt al-Ummah and al-Wafd that his
fatwá
should only be carried out during wartime.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
This article reports criticism from a key figure of the Centrist Party against Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī for his attacks on Shī‘ah and on Syrian President Bashshār al-Assad who had attacked the position of Arab leaders on the Israeli war on Lebanon.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The article discusses extremist ideologies
originating from wahābī oil
countries, which consider women to be devils and propagate
misunderstanding of certain hadīths in a
way offensive to women.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A
few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat
Hijāzī, issued a fatwá
urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide.
The fatwá was severely
condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim
world, as incorrect and
terrorist in nature.
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
In Qur’ān
interview with al-Wafd, Muslim dā‘īyah Dr. Yūsuf al-
Qaradāwī speaks out on the deteriorating situation in the Arab world and the role of the Palestinian
and Lebanese resistance in confronting what he describes as "Israeli aggression."
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī says that Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra is used to attacking Christianity and the Holy Bible. Dr. ‘Umāra’s recent anti-Christian book Mulāhazāt ‘Ilmīya ‘Ala Kitāb al-Masīh fī al-Islām lil Duktour Michel Hāyik [Scientific notes on the book of Christ in Islam by...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
The weekly sermon by the grand imām of the Azhar,
which focused on the
interpretation of Chapter 18, al-Kahf [The Cave] of the Holy Qur’ān,
dealt with the need for
dā‘iyas [Islamic preachers] to be equipped with knowledge and
evidence about Islam and its
morals.
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
Correcting the image of Islam in the West can be achieved
when Muslims
first admit that they actually failed in transmitting the right concept of Islam and then map
out a plan for this
goal.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The author wonders in this article whether increasing the number of
dā‘iyas are enough to convince the West of the soundness of the Muslim faith.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The author thinks
that Dā‘iya ‘Amr
Khālid has managed to attract the West’s attention,
while the Egyptian government, the opposition
parties and other political currents are engaged in a useless
row. She sheds light on a recent New York
Times’ report on the dā‘iya entitled,
"Offer a helping...