Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
The Russian Orthodox Church is now subjected to a smear campaign by Western media, because of its attitude to the missionaries, being sent there. The number of missionaries worries the Orthodox Church and the Kremlin. This led the Duma to declare there were only three religions in Russia,...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The biggest Coptic church in the world will be built in New York on a surface area of more than ten feddans and will cost $70 million. An Egyptian Coptic engineer and an American engineering office won the international competition that was held to design the church.
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2000
A number of the left wing political parties are expected to demonstrate at Saint Peter’s square in Rome against the visit of the Austrian extremist rightist leader Jorg Heider, who is accused by the leftists of being anti-Semitic. The Jewish community in Italy considers the meeting between the Pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2000
The author criticizes an article by a Dutch Sociology Professor which she describes as a warning for the danger of Islam on society. The article is said to describe Muslims as being cruel, barbarian and backward. The author believes the article reflects European racism against Arabs.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
This is the third part of the dramatic scene in which the writer gives the pros and the cons of the idea of establishing an Islamic party by the Muslim Brotherhood through a conversation between three friends [see RNSAW week 49, article 6 and week 50, article 3]. The friend who opposed the idea is...
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2000
One of the four charges against Saad Eddin Ibrahim is misusing the European Commission funding of programs administered by the Ibn Khaldoun Center and by HODA (League of Egyptian women voters). That is why the European Commission issued a statement to explain the nature of its support for the Ibn...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2000
The article in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, December 6, was based in a press release of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an American Muslim group defending the civil rights of Muslims in the USA. CAIR declared its support for a Christian woman who wanted to wear what she believes to be a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
American Islamic organizations are no longer limiting their efforts in defending the rights of Muslim ladies who wish to wear the veil for religious reasons but face lots of difficulties. These organizations have expanded their efforts to defend the right of the Christian ladies to wear "the...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2000
A group of between 45 and 50 Israeli settlers attacked Father Ibrahim Hijazine, a Catholic priest from Ramallah after he had preached in Nablus. On his way back to Ramallah they forced him to go back saying that he can’t use this road because it is for Israelis only. When Father Ibrahim told them...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...