Islam Online Crises

Literature Greats join protest for IOL workers’ democracy

On his return from Barcelona George Orwell wrote in his classic , ‘The Homage to Catalonia’, “ There was much in it (revolution 1937 Spain) that I didn’t understand ,

Islamonline workers protest and demand pay

Journalists ousted from the Qatar-based news website Islam Online (IOL) rallied in front of the Qatari Embassy in the Mohandeseen district in Cairo on Wednesday.

End of the Dialogue?

At the beginning of March, IslamOnline.net was one of the most successful websites in the Middle East. Now the editorial team are locked in a power struggle with their Islamist

Indispensable IslamOnline Must Not Fail

The widely popular Islamic website’s success story suddenly became a terrible nightmare for hundreds of IslamOnline’s principled employees, says Ramzy Baroud.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood refuses to get involved with IslamOnline crisis

The Qatari government's decision to remove Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi from his position as head of the Al-Balagh Cultural Society, which runs the IslamOnline website, is demonstrative of the failures crippling

Egypt needs an Islam Online

The Qatari government's decision to remove Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi from his position as head of the Al-Balagh Cultural Society, which runs the Islam Online website, is demonstrative of the failures

The death and reincarnation of Islam Online

It seems the Islam Online saga is finally drawing to an end, although not necessarily the one hoped for by employees of its Cairo-based office.

Caught in the Web

A widely popular Islamic website has been, until very recently, an undisputed success story. IslamOnline arrived at a time that millions of Muslims needed a common platform and a unifying

Website workers defiant after boss dismissed

Employees at a popular Cairo-based Islamic website have vowed to continue their strike and launch a fundraiser to build a new site "to promote moderate Islam" after Qatar installed an

Eloquent IslamOnline voice must not fail

A WIDELY popular Islamic website has been, until very recently, an undisputed success story. IslamOnline arrived at a time that millions of Muslims needed a common platform and a unifying