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Issues related to anti-Semitism are discussed in four of the
papers of this week. Most articles question the connection established between criticizing Israel and anti-
Semitism.
See also art. 2 and 3
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Questioning the religious dimension of the war on Iraq is the focus of many articles covering the war. Different publications shed light on Bush’s religious background in an effort to establish a link between his religious tendencies and the war. Others wonder whether the war is a new crusade...
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Many articles
focussed on the opinions of religious and political leaders concerning the crisis around the Church of the Nativity.
They compared responses from different churches; Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic.
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More than 10,000 Muslims and
Christians attended the ?National Conference to Support the Palestinians? that was held in the St. Mark Cathedral upon
the call of Pope Shenouda. The conference was an expression of Egyptians? objection to the Israeli practices against
the Palestinians. Pope Shenouda...
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Most of the Egyptian papers levelled harsh criticism against the
Alexandria inter-religious dialogue conference. The papers described the conference as a ?scandal? and as another ?
crime? committed by the Shaykh of the Azhar. At the same time, they praised the attitude of Pope Shenouda, who...
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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Asharq al-Awsat
revealed that the American consul visited Ibrahim in the prison’s hospital and
relieved his worry. He
promised Ibrahim that the American embassy would take care of his case in his capacity as an
American
citizen. al-Musawwar and al-Ah...
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Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...
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Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
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Al-Ahram
congratulated the pope with his prize. al-Sharq al-Awsat mentioned that the pope
demonstrated his displeasure with the
objection of some Israeli diplomats to him receiving this award, his
refusal of normalizing relations with Israel and his ban
on Egyptian Copts to visit Jerusalem. al...