Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article
says that religious dialogue has turned into a source of
income and that most of the shaykhs who travel abroad are
not qualified for this mission.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006
Muslims and Christians united in their stance
against Pope Benedict’s offensive
statement to Islam and voiced their disapproval during the national unity
banquets held in the month of
Ramadān.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Rifa‘t Fikrī Sa‘īd, an Evangelical pastor, replies to
reproaches
from Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā that the Evangelical church stayed quiet in the
aftermath of
Pope Benedict XVI ‘s discourse on Islam and violence.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Al-Wafd newspaper interviews Islamic preacher Khalīd al-
Jindī,
who rejects claims that he is one of a group of modern Islamic preachers because he wears western
dress.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The author gives an overview of Pope Benedict’s life and how he distinguished himself in the past as a powerful but controversial conservative factor in the Vatican.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
While Europeans seem unwilling for Turkey
to join the European Union, European governments
seem to recommend it. More profound details about the motivations
of both parties are discussed in this
article.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Committee of al-Azhar for Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions was dissolved due to estimated
shortages of the
committee in facing the recent repeated offenses against Islam. A new committee was
formed.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006
It is
an unfair offense what the pope said about Islam being spread
by force. Islamic history is full of examples
of the liberty and respect by which Muslim leaders treated newly
conquered cities, at a time when the
Byzantine Empire had no rules for fighting and killing.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman presented this text at the recent roundtable discussions of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, which were held on “Journalism and freedom of expression in the Mediterranean; responsibilities and limits.”
Date of source: Thursday, September 28, 2006
The author of the
article presents a book written by Dr. Sa‘īd al-
Lāwindī, former correspondent to
al-Ahrām in Brussels and Paris, on Islamophobia in the
West.