Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ayman al-Zawāhrī, has allegedly written to Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī, the Jordanian-born chief of the al-Qā‘ida organization in Iraq stating that the organization’s goal must be to set up an Islamic caliphate in Iraq.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Though there were claims that the book itself was authored by prominent members of al-Qā’ida, it is actually a compilation of handpicked speeches, written and TV interviews and statements translated from Arabic into French.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
In a Palestinian gala, two parents have put a belt of explosives around the body of their four-year-old daughter. The author wonders why human life has become so worthless amongst the Arabs.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Muhammad Shibl argues that the focus on petty issues, such as the mingling of young men and women results in the neglect of issues leading to progress.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Fundamentalist Muslims make the vanguard of what a French thinker described as a "third-world anti-imperialism movement”.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Dr. Yāsir Yousuf Gabriel has commented on an article by Kamāl Gabriel criticizing the Church’s deteriorating performance. The author, Kamāl Zākhir Mousa, explains the differences between the handling of criticism in both the article and the comment.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Jordan’s capital, Amman, hosted a four-day conference organized by the Arab Team for Islamic-Christian Dialogue.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
An interview with Dr. Zaghlul al-Najjār on the relationship between science and the Qur’ān. Husām Tammām writes that by the end of the interview, he was convinced that the scientific miracles of the Qur’ān are lies, or at least a knowledge-related scandal.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
The working of miracles is not exclusive to the modern scientific theory of the Qur’ān. It has old roots, particularly in Sufism, as there was no blessed, righteous man who did not fly through the air, walk on water or foretell the future.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
The headline, containing the words ’scandal’ and ’lie’, was sensationalist and not an accurate reflection of the content of the interview.