Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Salmān al-Dussarī sheds light on a heated controversy in Bahrain nowadays over whether the candidates for the preliminary elections should be allowed to use pulpits and mosques as means in their electoral campaigns.
Date of source: Saturday, November 4, 2006
Al-Sayid Rashād sheds light on al-Bahrah, one of the
Shī‘ah sects. He traces their history in Egypt, other Arab countries and the world.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
There are about ten thousand
religions all over the world. This article ranks
them in terms of number of religious adherents and describes where
the majority of each religion is to be
found.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 1997
The
author discusses a
reprint of a book by S. Stanley about Kuwait and Bahrain in the period 1907-1947. The
introduction in the reprint
was written by Dr. El-Romeihy who claims that Stanley and other Westerners were
not in the Gulf to serve humanity,
but to convert Muslims to Christianity...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
This article discusses the historical origins of the Shī’ah - Sunnī conflict; now expressing itself in Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
When first published, the “DaVinci Code” was banned from many Arab nations, including Egypt and Lebanon. The film version is now also being banned in many nations, but it will play in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. There is a fear, however, that the censoring of the film may serve to increase...
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
In this interview, Dr.
Yousuf
al-Qaradāwī stresses the importance of the dialogue between religions and expresses his
dissatisfaction with the current condition of the Azhar.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Due
to taqīya, that is the concept of concealing of one’s true
religious beliefs, the number of Shi’
ites in Egypt can not be exactly verified, however, estimates
indicate that they do not exceed one percent of
the total population.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The author writes about the
meeting at El-Sawy Culture Wheel that brought together a host of
diplomats, intellectuals and university professors
as well as representatives of civil society organizations
to discuss several important topics including crises
management and freedom of expression.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The author highlights the different approaches in Da‘wa [preaching] applied by modern and
traditional preachers, refering to the crisis of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as an example.