Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 February 2006
Issue No. 782
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Tolerance and co-existence
The Danish cartoon controversy reaching boiling point, Magda El-Ghitany delves into the issues underlying tensions between Europe and Islam
See no evil
A damning report accuses Europe of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses allegedly committed on its soil in the name of fighting terrorism. Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Paris
Moderately convincing
Canadians are cautious about the future as the Conservatives win a minority in the country's 2006 federal elections, reports Robert Farnan
Worlds apart
Salonaz Sami sounds out Radwan A Masmoudi, head of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy, on the Danish cartoons furore that hit the Arab and Muslim worlds
A delicate balancing act
Amid unrelenting protests around the world against the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed, French Muslims take their case to court
World press : Freedom or offence?
The press and public opinion in Europe remain divided over the inflammatory cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed, writes Eva Dadrian
The shame of it all
Benazir Bhutto is still haunted by corruption, writes Iffat Idris from Islamabad
Cartoon awakening
Ramzy Baroud inches towards a positive media strategy
Long-term destruction
Landmines will continue to destroy human rights and stand in the way of development decades after the end of a given conflict, writes Ghada Abd El-Kader

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