Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2003
The author interviewed Dr. Mahmoud Ismail. The interview discussed the issue of renewing the religious discourse, the topic of two seminars attended by Dr. Ismail during two consecutive months: the first was during the Arab Culture Conference held in Cairo by the Supreme Culture Council. The second...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2003
The writer presents a brief background on the status of Muslims in Austria from 1912 until today.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2003
The differences between the monastery of Antonius and the Red Sea governorate were blown up in Western media, fired up by Coptic activists in the West. The monasteries wish for protecting peace and quiet in the area was understandable but their method of protesting is questionable. Egyptian...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2003
The article is an interview with Muslim Brotherhood member Dr. Abdel-Monem Abu Al-Fotouh. He comments on the Iraqi crisis, religious extremism, the religious discourse of the group, the attitude of the group towards freedom of creativity and the religious and political perspectives of the group.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2003
The Wafd article is a serious distortion of the CIDI report on anti-Semitism and the press release of June 13. Many claims are highly exaggerated. AWR summarized the CIDI report, compared this with the article in the Wafd and provided some comments on the CIDI report.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2003
The Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) in The Hague leveled flagrant criticism against Arab media. It accused Arab people of believing in conspiracy theories and of calling for hatred of Jews. The author states that the CIDI claims that “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2003
Egyptologist Lutfi Sherif led an AWR-visit to the land of Goshen in March 2003 and knows the discussion of archeologists on the Exodus quite well. Excavations in the Eastern Delta have become politically sensitive. This article mentions that the claim that the tomb of Alexander the Great was found...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2003
Dr. Fou´ad Zakariya, a professor of Philosophy, suggested secularism as a substitute for Islamic thinking, stressing that it is the solution for the intellectual rigidity Muslims suffer from. The author approaches a group of Muslim scholars of religion for comments, they all object to this opinion...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 9, 2003
Dr. Selim Naguib and Pastor McNeely have been writing inflammatory letters falsely claiming that Muslims do kidnap Christian girls in Egypt. There is no reason to doubt their sincerity but they have followed their sentiments without checking facts. The consequences of such false claims are severe...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2003
The article is an interview with the head of the American Fiqh Council. He speaks about the role of the council and how it corrects wrong notions about Islam. He also comments on the issue of renewing the religious discourse and the problems Muslims face in North America.