Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The author discusses the thriving market of audiotapes containing
preaching by salafist
shaykhs attacking Shī‘ah and warning Sunnī
Muslims against supporting
them on the grounds that they are "apostates who allege that the revelation was
meant for ‘Alī
Ibn Abī Tālib but for Archangel Gabriel’...
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: Friday, August 25, 2006
Much to
the surprise of many Egyptian intellectuals and
political science experts, the director of the Ibn Khaldūn
Center for Development Studies (ICDS), Dr.
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, recently announced
that he was ready to mediate between
political Islamic groups, in particular the Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Irshad Manji argues that despite an increasingly popular belief, foreign policy grievances have caused the increased number of terrorist attacks in the West, the violent jihadists have rarely needed foreign policy grievances to justify their hot heads, as demonstrated by their kidnapping of...
Date of source: Saturday, August 26, 2006 to Friday, September 1, 2006
A celebration for the
children of
Muslim Brotherhood-owned nurseries in Kafr al-Shaykh and al-Bihīra governorates has provoked
angry reactions
from attendees.
Date of source: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Mursī
‘Attallah defends Islam as a religion of peace, not terrorism and racism.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
This article explains that the war between Israel and
Lebanon was not religious but was
rather interest-related. It then goes on to clarify some misconceptions about
Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author analyses recent conflicts between the West and Islamic regimes, including the recent conflict between Israel and the Hizb Allāh and asserts that ultimately the war is one of many battles to be fought between those who wish to join the modern world and those who think they have an...
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2006 to Friday, August 18, 2006
The article discusses the belief rampant in extremist circles in the US and
Europe about the end-of-the-world battle of Armageddon. Many voices consider the Israeli war in southern
Lebanon to
be the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2006
Basant Mūsa asks Dr. Hāla Mustafa about her opinions on Islamic movements in the Arab world.