Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away.
Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting.
Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write.
Remarks...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 8, 2007
Continuation of the discussion about a takfīr PhD thesis of an Azhar scholar against Rose al-Yūsuf. Recommendation of an interesting comment on the discussions on freedom of expression.
A comment that addresses the often heard religious belief that interpretations of religious texts cannot and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2007
The founders of the Center for Arab-West Understanding are extremely glad with the February 18 ruling of the Egyptian Council of State that our center should be recognized as an NGO under Egyptian law. This ruling concludes a period of three years of struggle to obtain this status. CAWU is...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 7, 2007
Council of State rules in favor of NGO status.
Circulating rumors about Bishop Kyrillos of Naj al-Hammādī followed by demonstrations.
PhD thesis declares Rose al-Yūsuf apostate, showing great divide between liberal minded journalists and traditionalist Islamic scholars.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2002
Asharq al-Awsat reports that the statements of Hirsi Ali against Islām were seen by members of Muslim communities as a trick, deployed in order to gain asylum. Dutch journalist Eildert Mulder, who interviewed Ali, does not believe that this allegation is true
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2002
Media critique on an article that has given a distorted presentation of a Dutch report on anti-Semitism.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 7, 2002
Visit to locations related to the Holy Family in Upper Egypt.
Reference to the murder of a priest in Luxor by a Christian, which gave cause to rumors.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2006
Drs. Hulsman provides a detailed description of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, and a history of Coptic problems, stemming from their own actions and outside influences.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2007
No clash between Islam and the West but between ignorant parties in both the West and Arab World.
Various ways Christians see themselves in an Islamic environment.