“Mubarak or Muslim Brotherhood not Egypt’s only choice: Experts”
A Jan. 29, 2011, post at USA Today‘s “Faith & Reason” blog rounds up articles on the religious import of the Egyptian situation.
Faith: Islam
Shuja Shafi
Shuja Shafi, a microbiologist at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, United Kingdom, is a co-author of the editorial, “Hajj and the Risk of Influenza,” and the letter, “Influenza Vaccine Uptake among British Muslims Attending Hajj, 2005 and 2006,” published in the British Medical Journal, Dec. 9, 2006.
Aziz Sheikh
Aziz Sheikh is professor of primary care research and development at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a co-author of the editorial, “Hajj and the Risk of Influenza,” published Dec. 9, 2006, in the British Medical Journal.
“Do Egyptians want both democracy and a role for religion in their government?”
Read a Jan. 30, 2011, essay about the political situation in Egypt at “On Faith” by Reza Aslan, a widely cited scholar of religions.
Shiraz A. Malik
Shiraz A. Malik is executive director of the Islamic Medical Association of North America in Lombard, Ill.
“When on Hajj, Wear a Facemask”
Read an April 23, 2006, Seed magazine article about health on the hajj.
“Hajj pilgrims need flu shots, docs”
See a Dec. 7, 2006, UPI story about the flu warning.
“What Does Change Mean in Egypt, for Egyptian Christians?”
Read “What Does Change Mean in Egypt, for Egyptian Christians?” at EthicsDaily.com, a Jan. 31, 2011, column by Ayman Ibrahim, an Egyptian Christian and a doctoral student at Fuller Theological Seminary
“Swine flu pushes authorities to warn pilgrims to be prudent about pilgrimage to Makkah”
Read a July 23, 2009 article about the warning sent out by health officials concerning Hajj and the swine flu epidemic.