Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2006
The article discusses a study by an Egyptian researcher about the problems facing Muslim minorities and how poor translation of Muslim terminology has helped draw an untrue image of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Mona Eltahawy writes against the repression of expression across the Arab world. The author notes that Arab “dictators” oppose the Danish cartoons because they think "freedom of expression” should have limits. The author redirects that call to Arab leaders themselves, arguing that they should have...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
A Portuguese cartoonist has applied for a contest, organized by Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, to draw the Holocaust, in reply to Danish cartoons, considered by many to be anti-Islamic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
European Union (EU) foreign policy commissioner Javier Solana had talks with Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak over ways of protecting religious symbols and beliefs as part of his efforts to defuse the crisis. During his visit to Egypt, the second leg of his tour of Arab and Muslim nations in the...
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
A review of articles in the Egyptian press on the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, examining the effect of the demonstrations across the Muslim world on Egypt’s tourist industry and suggestions that governments in Islamic countries have encouraged angry opposition to the cartoons to vent...
Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2006
In this article, the author reviews a book by Tarīf al-Khālidī, a professor of Islamic history at Cambridge University, who refutes stereotyped notions about Muslims antagonizing Jesus and Christians.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is chairing a meeting of the World Council of Churches held in Brazil accompanied by a delegation of senior clergymen from the Egyptian Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The author believes that the Jews have exploited the memory of the Holocaust to garner world’s sympathy for Israel. Given the fact that the Jews were not the only victims of Nazism, the author argues that other "Holocaust” against Palestinians should be commemorated as well.
Date of source: Thursday, February 9, 2006
The author argues that it is no good believing in an interfaith dialogue as long as there are double standards when it comes to dealing with Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, February 9, 2006
A conference on Islam-West dialogue is to be held on February 10, 2006, in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, to tackle the role of mass media in correcting misunderstanding and misrepresentations of others’ faiths.