The post of Al-Azhar's new leader was appointed to Ahmed Mohamed Al-Tayeb the current president of Al-Azhar University. The decree was issued by President Mubarak who is currently recovering from

Literature produced during the colonial era, especially by orientalist scholars, depicted Muslims in a binary manner. 'Good' Muslims were those who either collaborated with the colonial enterprise or accepted the

Two laments are common among Muslims: lack of unity and negative projection of Muslims in the Western media. Most Muslims believe cooperation between Muslim rulers and governments constitutes unity.

The murderous assassination by the Mossad of Mahmoud al Mabhuh in Dubai a month ago confirms and reasserts the criminal nature of the Israeli state.

Scholar and author Omid Safi is best known to many Muslim Americans as being at the forefront of the Progressive Muslims movement, which finds in Islamic spirituality a powerful voice

Badie to Reuters: MB opposes and condemns violence in all its forms and calls for a united front to combat intolerance.

Shari‘ati was critical of the ‘ulama, whom he saw as instruments of the state who needed to be sidelined in order to make way for a new religiously educated intelligentsia.[3]

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the world of Islam has been in the difficult situation. Many countries in the world, especially Western conclude to the “negative” perspectives. They

A coalition of Sufi organisations is preparing to launch Egypt’s first Sufi-themed satellite television station before the end of the year.

The Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, winner of our intellectuals poll, is the modern face of the Sufi Ottoman tradition. At home with globalisation and PR, and fascinated by science, he