Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
The writer believes that human rights, part of which is religious freedom, cannot be achieved by investigating or writing reports. Human rights does not mean distributing humanitarian aid. She wonders why, if the US Commission on International Religious Freedom is concerned with the conditions of...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue said that the aim of inter-religious dialogue is to prove that Islam is not calling for extremism. He added that the West distorted the history of the Crusades to prove that it was Muslims who attacked them. He said that...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001
Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat is expected to meet with the Prime Minister of Greece in Athens to discuss the issue of the Arab-Greek conflict inside the Orthodox Church in Palestine and Jordan; amidst news regarding the Russian mafia entering the conflict arena among the candidates to win...
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2001
The author said that he was depressed when the Grand Imam called Egyptians to visit occupied Jerusalem and issued his fatwa, which considers that marriage between Egyptian men and Israeli woman is halal. He was cured from his depression by reading in Al-Watan Saudi paper that the Sheikh of the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 13, 2001
Toine van Teeffelen writes this time in his diary about the problem of emigration. The situation for Palestinian youth does not look very promising and they are trying to find opportunities in other countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
A document about the status of Christians, Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem as formulated by H.B. Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the Latin Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem. The view of Patriarch Sabbah is shared by many other Christian communities in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2001
The author asked Pope Shenouda how we can debate with Jews in light of their greed? Can negotiations and debate achieve a positive result with them? And when? How can we make religions co-exist? Is Christianity really close to Judaism, because its belief in the Old Testament? Or are there...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
Media make people in other countries identify with Palestinians. Palestinian youth consider developing an on-line course on Palestine. They discussed the idea with a Tunisian psychiatrist-educator.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Excerpts of the program on sharing the Muslim-Christian heritage in Palestine in Bethlehem on Friday, December 22, 2000.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The author recounts the story of a Palestinian student at a Christian school who was arrested by Israelis because he had been involved in stone-throwing. The expectation is that he will remain in prison without indictment or trial for a period of three to six months. He also speaks about the...