Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2001
Rev. Dr. Safwat Al-Bayadi wrote about the idea of the clash between civilizations. He pointed out that it is the civil society rather than the governing authority that plays the important role in the civilizational-cultural-religious-denominational dialogue. He called for having a balance between...
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2001
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd is upset about the media debate on Islam in the West. Abu Zayd rejects the view that Islam should be held responsible for extremist attacks. The political discourse as reflected in Western media did not mind its language. The media debate on Islam is getting more entrapped in the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001
The Ministry of Waqfs issued a statement commenting on the Egyptian experience in fighting terrorism and extremism. The statement stressed that violence, imposing opinions by force and not considering religious and moral values were the most negative social phenomena of the modern age.
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2001
The USA, followed by the International Security Council, decided to freeze the balances of associations and groups, which support and sustain terrorists, but in their haste they did not differentiate between humanitarian associations for benevolent acts and rescue, and those who finance the...
Date of source: Friday, October 5, 2001
The author commented on an article that was published in one of the Egyptian national papers under the title "We are all with America but..." when reading the article, he discovered that the "but" in the article means that the Arabs would join the America coalition only if America declared Israel...
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2001
The Azhar University held an anti-terrorism conference titled "The Tolerance of Islam and Rejecting Terrorism." The conference supported the call for an international conference for fighting terrorism. All the participants stressed that Islam rejected terrorism in all its forms and rejected...
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2001
Pope Shenouda speaks about the attack on the World Trace Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington and denounced the barbarous acts against Arabs in the US following the attacks. Fighting terrorism is fighting its causes. Palestinian attacks on Israel is legitimate resistance, not...
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2001 to Friday, October 12, 2001
The author wonders whether Usama Bin Laden knows that he has caused a lot of trouble for Muslims as the attacks of September 11 have exposed Arab and Islamic interests to severe losses. He expressed his surprise at the fact that some are trying to explain the attacks against Muslims and Arabs on...
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2001 to Friday, October 12, 2001
Anyone with Middle Eastern or Arab features will certainly have problems mixing with the American people now. They are quite hostile towards anything that is related to the Islamic world. All Arab or Middle Eastern people suffer if they are students, employees or children. It is worse if the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2001 to Friday, October 12, 2001
The attacks of September 11 brought forth feelings of rage against everything that has to do with Islam. Wearing a veil is considered to be an explicit sign of Islam and its political attitude. The West has attacked the veil considering it a sign of Islam and its attitudes. The West’s attack on the...