Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
Deputy Rector of Cairo University, Dr. Hāmid Tāhir, writes about recent terrorist attacks and about the common interests that should bind all people together, regardless of nationality or religion.
Date of source: Sunday, November 6, 2005
The newly appointed Egyptian Cultural Attaché in Spain reveals his plans to reform the image of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sourat al-‘Arab wa al-Muslimīn Fi al-Manāhij al-Dirāsīya Hawl al-‘Ālam [Image of Arabs and Muslims in school curricula all over the world] by Sulaymān Qinnāwī is a study of the stereotype of Muslims and Arabs in Western school curricula.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
The author argues that the government is required to give back the Christians’ rights and dignity if they are really keen on addressing the Copts’ passive attitude towards participation in public affairs. To sustain democracy, he argues that the Copts must be sufficiently represented in parliament.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005 to Friday, October 21, 2005
The Azhar’s dā‘iyas are now asked to take tests at the foreign embassies before being granted their visas to travel to the West.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005
George W. Bush, president of the United States of America, officially a secular state, says he is driven with a mission from God to end the tyranny in Iraq and to fight terrorists in Afghanistan.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
It is now five centuries since Islam left Andalusia and the last king of Granada, Abu ‘Abd Allāh Muhammad Ibn ‘Alī, surrendered power and left the country in return for money.
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2005
In an interview with al-Musawwar, the Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World and Intercultural Dialogue at the German Foreign Ministry responds to many questions pertaining to issues of globalization and Arab-West dialogue.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Prince Charles states that the West has serious misunderstandings about Islam and that Islamic shari‘a is merciful and fair.
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2004
In the talk on Islam’s image in Western discourse, there are two important points: the West is not the same and consequently its discourse is not the same. The second is that it is not sheer “theories” but rather an idea built throughout a history of violent East-West friction.