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Controversial film on Islam delivered nationwide

Bundled in home-delivered editions of The News & Observer today is a paid insert featuring a controversial DVD on Islam that has stirred anger nationwide. The documentary, "Obsession: Radical Islam’s

GOP should accept Muslim-Americans

I never expected to spend the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention. Many Republicans did not expect a person

The multiple shades of the hijab

When a US-based television network introduced Ro’ya Zanaty, a veiled Egyptian woman, as part of its "21 and the World is Yours" programme, it portrayed her as a "combination of

Islam Vs. Secularism on Facebook

CAIRO — Devout Muslims and secularists are using the world’s second largest social networking website Facebook to debate the role of Islam in their societies, reported the Los Angeles Times

Facebook reflects struggle over Islam’s role

His fingers tapping like a tiny army over laptop keys, Waleed Korayem, a university student who quotes Einstein and Voltaire, skims the Internet in a noisy cafe and opens his

Brotherhood Blogs: Windows To Revelation, Criticism And Organizational Rise

“Brotherhood blogs" appeared as a new media outlet several years ago. After a short period of their appearance, they formed a new phenomenon that has its media impacts and interactions

Rights Center Calls for Immediate Probe Into Assaults Against Journalists at Mansoura Hospital

Maat Center for Rights and Constitutional Studies has called on Egypt’s Prosecutor General and Minister of Higher Education to immediately investigate into the assaults that took place against journalists at