Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2005
Before and after the London bombings, many theories appeared, propagating hatred. Many Westerners and the "New Liberals" in the Arab world believe that terrorism began as an international Islamic movement.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 16, 2005
The concept of ‘terrorism’ is still indefinable. The term ‘roots of terrorism’ is even more ambiguous. It has thus become very easy to link terrorism to Islam and to claim that the ‘roots of terrorism’ find a suitable environment in Islam, or in Islamic fundamentalism, as a deviation from the true...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2005
Muslims are so unfortunate with the link of terrorist activities to Islam. Accusations linking Islam to terrorism come from forces historically and politically antagonistic to it.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 27, 2002
The article touches upon the reasons Maxime Rodinson believes are behind the Arab-Islamic civilizational backwardness. It concludes that it is wrong to say that Arabs and Muslims should put their religion and identity aside if they want to be civilized, as there is no specific race or religion that...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2002
After September 11, some people expected or hoped that political Islam would come to an end. However, events that followed showed that the consequences of September 11 did not only affect political Islam but also Islam itself. Some people in America called for combating Islamic ideas after...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2005
In his book, The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization, published 2004, Bulliet re-examines the relationship between the Islamic and Christian civilizations and argues that "there is a far better case for Islamo-Christian civilization than there is for a clash of civilizations.”
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2004
With neo-orientalists’ hectic media campaigns, how could bridges for rational dialogue be built in a way that offers full and authentic understanding of our great Shari’a?
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2004
Malicious writings against Islam will never stop as long as Islam exists. They look like an organized campaign in which all potentials are gathered to distort the real image of Islam. The authors of such writings present a false image for their people and political leaders. One of those writers is...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2005
Bernard Lewis delivered a speech at Georgetown University that was published later in ‘Foreign Affairs.’ Lewis spoke about Islamic political thought and presented a background about the conceptualization of freedom and justice in the Islamic jurisprudence. He cites the roots of tyranny in the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2002
Many books and articles incite Westerners to oppose Islam and think that it is a threat to them and to the whole world. There is also a strange persistence on creating hostility between Muslims and the West. The author wonders whether this is a conspiracy and who plans it and why.