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41. The pope’s [Pope Benedict’s] remarks (Original in English. Not edited by AWR)
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author reflects on the outrage following the controversial lecture given by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany and more broadly on the way that people respond to religious defamation or vilification.
39. Muhammad’s religion and the “moment” argument
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Western history is full of falsifications against Islam. The real conflict is not between Muslims and Christians of the region, but between the West and the Islamic orient.
33. The Pope has the right to express himself even if this arouses Muslim’s anger
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
An Egyptian secular Muslim living in Italy says that the Pope’s discourse should be discussed and understood in an objective way, far from fundamentalism and violence.
32. We did not felt insulted because the Pope does not respect the other
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The head of the Islamic Council in Italy asserts that there is no problem between Islam and Christianity. For him the problem lies in Western culture that does not understand Muslims’ attempts to defend the spirituality of their creed. To him the West refuses spirituality, this is a problem in...
4. Impressions from the discussion about the lecture of Pope Benedict at the Program for Dialogue of Civilizations , Cairo University
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
A group of prominent experts from different academic backgrounds and ideological orientations, both Muslim and Christian, discussed whom the Regensburg lecture was really aiming at and how the current crisis could be constructively faced. They called for a reconsideration of the basis on which...
3. “Islam is more reasonable than Christianity”
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The statements of the pope about Islam confirm “many often heard prejudices about Islam” says Prof. Wagīh, who is a member of the Higher Islamic Council of Egypt.
2. There is no indication Pope Benedict’s remarks on Islam were deliberate
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
This text was the author’s contribution to the round table discussion on the lecture of Pope Benedict XVI, held by the Program for Dialogue of Civilizations (PDC) at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, November 2, 2006.
2. Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Archbishop Fitzgerald, responds to polarization following the Regensburg lecture of H.H. Pope Benedict XVI.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006
Arab-West Report Editor in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, asked Archbishop Fitzgerald, the Catholic nuntius in Egypt, about the statements of Pope Benedict on Islām. Archbishop Fitzgerald speaks Arabic, knows the Islamic world well and plays Qur’ān important role in Muslim-Christian dialogue. The...
2. Dutch expert in intercultural dialogue, Cornelis Hulsman, to Rose al-Yusuf: The absent truth in Pope Benedict’s sedition. The pope made positive remarks about Islam, but they were lost in a volatile climate created by suspicions
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
Drs Hulsman analyses the lecture of Pope Benedict, noting that the text showed that his lecture was unfortunate but the translation made it even worse. The report notes several translation mistakes from the original German text to English. The Arabic texts were then translations of the English....
4. Who is shedding blood?
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church in which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German university.

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