Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2001
Dr. Leitch, a Jehovah’s witness, commented on pope Shenouda’s statements on Jehovah Witnesses in Al-Musawwar [RNSAW, 2001, week 01A, art. 13]. He said that Jehovah’s Witnesses appreciate factual information published by the American Jews but they do not influence Jehovah’s Witnesses any more than...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
The International Press Institute organized a seminar on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna and invited the Religious News Service from the Arab World (RNSAW) to be present because of its pioneering work in media and inter-religious dialogue in the Arab World.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Cornelis Hulsman, editor-in-chief of the RNSAW, said during conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue," in Vienna, that "Accurate reporting on religious issues can result in understanding and dialogue while inaccurate reporting can have the opposite effect." He criticized much Western press...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
On October 25, the Jerusalem Post published an article about hundreds of Palestinian Christians fleeing the Palestinian territories. An Israeli spokesman referred in this regard to a radical sermon of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya. This article, like the sermon of the Palestinian preacher,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2000
The author believes that the anti-Jewish and Christian sermon in Gaza is dispisable but it is unfair to use this to denounce Muslim leaders in general. Many Christian Palestinians play a prominent role in their society and are like their Muslim compatriots opposed to Israeli policy.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2000
This article is divided into two parts. The first part is what Al-Ahram wrote about "Sports and Championship" program for children The second part comments on what Al-Ahram reported showing that it did not mention that "Sports and Championship" is a Christian sports program that was arranged by...
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2000
The Al-Midan article of September 5 in the RNSAW [week 36A, art. 17] mistakes Pius the Fourth for Pius the Ninth. When this pope referred to the Jews as ’dogs’ , he was following the general trend of anti-Semitism in the history of the Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2000
The paper received two messages, at around the same time, from some of our Coptic brothers. The first message, which came from two engineers, Sergos Zakhari Maximous and Butros Ibrahim Saleeb, in Alexandria, was full of love towards Egypt. The other was a copy of a page from a magazine issued by...
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2000
Peter Harrison, Cornelis Hulsman and Amir S. Ibrahim comment on the interview Akher Saa had with Drs. Cornelis Hulsman on the issue of the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Their comments correct things that was misinterpreted by the journalist who made the interview.