Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2003
There is a great respect in Egyptian schoolbooks for Christian religion, although there is only little information on its faith and life. There is excellent information on the early history of the Copts in Egypt, but almost no information about the Christian minority after the conquest of Egypt....
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 3, 2003
The author comments on the effect of the war in Iraq on Muslims in France. He believes that the French anti-war attitude has reconciled their religious and national identities.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2003
An Egyptian army unit apparently made an effort to remove the wall of Patmos Land, a Coptic Orthodox project on the Cairo-Suez road. The incident renews the bishop´s fears that the wall will be removed after previous attempts to do this in the past years. The origin of the problems is in the wish...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 1, 2003
Sir, Paul Schemm’s "Conflict among the Copts" (The Tablet, 15 February) is an honest, helpful contribution to Coptic studies. As he says, after being set free in January 1985, Patriarch Shenouda changed, turning his attack upon supposed Coptic enemies and cooperating with the Egyptian President,...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 2003
Arabs are continuously receiving information that seems to indicate that the US indeed launched a crusade against the Islamic world. Some of this material originated with Christian leaders and organizations in the US and was misinterpreted in some Arab media. It is dangerous to continue feeding the...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 29, 2003
The article gives a background about fundamentalist Muhammad Sharaf, who is responsible for the legal committee of the Jihad group and who has been seized recently by Egyptian authorities.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 18, 2003
The author believes that there is no convincing reason for stopping the TV program "Ro´a” [Revelations] which hosts Muslim scholars and psychiatrists to interpret dreams. The program is said to have prompted the imminent coming of the Awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 19, 2003
Egyptian authors show a continuous interest in discussions how to improve the Arab image in the West. This article was written on the request of Dr. Hamdi Hassan for Al-Ahram but not published. The article explains how Arabs can work on improving their image. They can do this IF they are realy...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 14, 2003
A professor of Mass Communication at Misr International University conducted a study titled "Actively engaging the media to enhance the image of Islam and Muslims in the US." He elaborates on how Muslims can improve their media to correct the Western image of Islam. He writes that Muslims should...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2003
The translation of Henry Ford´s “The International Jew” into Arabic and publication by Al-Shorouq Publishing House will sadly hurt the image of Arabs in the West, as Ford´s book is unquestionable anti-Semite.