3/31/2008 | Opinion | Newsmax Staff

Al Jazeera American Anchor Quits

Al Jazeera American Anchor Quits Friday, March 28, 2008 9:24 AM By: Newsmax Staff Article Font Size David Marash, the leading American anchor on Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel, has resigned, citing increased editorial control from the channel’s headquarters in Qatar. Marash, a former correspondent on ABC’s “Nightline,” said he also sensed anti-American sentiments creeping into the channel’s coverage. “To put it bluntly, the channel that’s on now — while excellent, and I plan to be a lifetime viewer — is not the channel I signed up to do,” Marash said.

10/2/2007 | News |

Saudi Mufti Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Saudi Youth From Engaging In Jihad

On October 1, 2007, Saudi Mufti Sheikh Abd Al-'Aziz bin Abdallah Aal Al-Sheikh issued a fatwa prohibiting Saudi youth from engaging in jihad abroad. In his fatwa, he stated that setting forth to wage jihad without authorization by the ruler is a serious transgression, and that young Saudis who do so are being misled by suspicious elements from both the East and the West who are exploiting them in order to accomplish their own aims, and who are actually causing serious damage to Saudi Arabia, Islam, and the Muslims.

3/30/2007 | News | New TV

Syrian-British Islamist Sheikh Omar Bakri, Shi'ite Liberal Intellectual Diyaa Al-Musawi, and Egyptian Intellectual Sheikh Gamal Al-Bana Debate the Meaning of Jihad on New TV

The following are excerpts of a TV debate on the subject of jihad. The participants are Syrian-born British Islamist Sheikh Omar Bakri, Bahraini Shi'ite liberal intellectual Diyaa Al-Musawi, and Egyptian Islamist thinker, author, and journalist Sheikh Gamal Al-Bana.

3/30/2007 | News | M. Feki and N. Maruani

Liberal Values in Tunisian Islamic Schoolbooks

Unlike Islamic curricula in some Arab states, the Islamic curricula in Tunisia consist of a compilation of articles and book excerpts from a variety of original sources.

3/30/2007 | News | Various

The Arab Press Assesses the Likelihood of a U.S. Strike Against Iran

The Arab press has recently been focusing on the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran, and has been publishing reports, investigations, and articles. Some of these have asserted the "certainty" of an attack, while others are reviews of attack plans and preliminary steps in advance of the coming conflict. However, some in the press reject the possibility of an attack and explain their reasons for doing so.

2/3/2006 | News | Julia Duin

Jordan's king urges moderates to unite

King Abdullah II of Jordan quoted from the Bible and the Koran … invoking "our Judeo-Christian-Islamic heritage" and urging moderates of the three great religions to unite.