Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2001
Pope Shenouda said that he will not visit Jerusalem without his Muslim brothers and that he cannot visit Jerusalem with an Israeli entry visa. But if he woud receive a visa from president Yasser Arafat, he would go. He added that visiting Jerusalem under Israeli occupation amounts to normalization...
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The
Sheikh of Azhar’s withdrawal of his call to Muslims to visit the Aqs...
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The ninth Islamic
Conference concluded its summit in Doha with a
long detailed statement including a call to end all types of normalization
with Israel, economic aid for
the Palestinians and a lifting of sanctions on Iraq. The most surprising outcome of the summit
was a break
of hostility...
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The ninth
Islamic Summit started in al-Doha, in Qatar, with a spirit of understanding and agreement on all the issues on its
agenda. However, there were conflicts regarding the issue of boycotting Israel. The Palestinian
representative was able to
achieve a compromise that gives the members the...
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The Egyptian press exposed religious authorities’ and intellectuals’ points of view regarding the violent confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces; in his interview with al-Musawwar, the Shaykh of the Azhar condemned the Israeli trespassing of al-Aqsá mosque....
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2000
In an interview aired on Radio London, Pope Shenouda freely expressed both his personal and
the Church’s official
position on what the future of Jerusalem should be. Sout al-Azhar published Pope
Shenouda’s responses to the interviewer’s
questions. In a two-page story, Rajab al-Banna of October...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
To have a fruitful cooperation,
it is important that the West, and especially the U.S. government, move away from its stereotypical belief that all
Islamic groups are terrorist organizations. Dialogue between civilizations marked the starting point of the
Mediterranean partnership.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Dr. ‘Alī al-Sammān, the former chairman of the Azhar’s interfaith
dialogue committee, says the Arab-Israeli conflict is the root of all evil worldwide, adding that there is no clash
between religions but rather a political influence that uses religion to attain its objectives.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
The author discusses Israeli hostility towards Arabs and its
war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The Egyptian
security
authorities have issued a statement that it is searching for three Palestinians who are suspected
of sneaking into
Sinai to commit terrorist attacks.