Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 1, 2000
The International Press Institute organized a seminar on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna and invited the Religious News Service from the Arab World (RNSAW) to be present because of its pioneering work in media and inter-religious dialogue in the Arab World.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2000
The Editorial Board of the RNSAW announces six new members of the Board of Advisors.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2000
Dr. Samir Marcos, associate secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches, describes the importance of late Metropolitan Athanasius for Egypt. He describes him foremost as a pioneer in development from a Christian perspective in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 20, 2000
Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 others are facing charges ranging from accepting foreign money without government approval to issuing false statements about the country’s internal situation. In a statement nine international human rights organizations expressed concern that the trial will not meet...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2000
Hulsman interviewed Dr. Maurice Asad, former associate secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches, who knew Bishop Athanasius from before he was consecrated as a monk and father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen about their experiences with Bishop Athanasius. Dr. Asad described bishop...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2000
Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef passed away, 77 years old, on November 16 after several years of ill health. The author writes about some of his personal experiences with the bishop who was a man striving for Christian unity and dialogue with Muslims.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2000
In response to reports from Israel that Palestinian Christians are fleeing the areas under control by the Palestinian Authority, presumably out of fear for Muslims, Drs. Hulsman found that it may be good to tell the story of Father Philloumenos from the Greek Orthodox church about Jacob’s well.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2000
On October 25, the Jerusalem Post published an article about hundreds of Palestinian Christians fleeing the Palestinian territories. An Israeli spokesman referred in this regard to a radical sermon of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya. This article, like the sermon of the Palestinian preacher,...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2000
Hulsman called some Christians in Samalut and learned from them about the problems around renovating a church. He also describes the difficulties with church renovation in Egypt in general which is not so much a matter of obtaining a permit or not but depends a lot on local bureaucrats and...