Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2006
The French Parliament adopted a law,
imposing jail
sanctions against anyone who denies the Turkish holocaust committed against Armenians during the
First World
War. The law aroused wide arguments in France, Turkey and the European Union in general.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2006
Last week, Mrs Suzanne Mubārak joined French President Jacques Chirac in opening an international cultural forum, the Paris Conference, at the International Conference Centre in the city. The forum involved a number of cultural workshops in which some 200 journalists, researchers, activists from...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2006 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2006
In light of a United Nations conference on this subject, Ahmad Hamrūsh discusses
"dialogue between civilizations." He affirms that dialogue is important for revealing to the world that
Islam
promotes moral values and principles.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2006
The fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a strong reminder of the continued war declared by Islamism against the world, and especially the “infidel West.” This article approaches some of the many questions that that have been raised by the war.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2006
The West’s double standards on freedoms have given the issue of the hijāb a political dimension, well-known Egyptian writer and feminist, Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī argues.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2006
News of three bombs in
Dahab, Sinai on the evening of April 24, 2006, killing 23 people
including 20 Egyptians, and injuring 62 others
including 42 Egyptians.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2003
The author tries to reinterpret the September 11 attacks in the light of a play by Edward Albee entitled “The Zoo Story.” The play tackles the theme of lack of communication. The two main characters in the play came together through a knife. The crash of the suicide planes into the twin towers of...