Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2002
The effects of the past 19 months of intifada and the last three weeks of war on Palestinian society have been dramatic and have made an indelible mark whose impact will be felt for many years to come. Palestinian society has lost its hope and its faith that peace is a possibility. Palestinian...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2002
Osama Salama´s words are sharp, full of anger about Coptic emigrants. People in Egypt, other Arab countries, Europe, the US and Israel itself protest against the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians. But where are the voices of the emigrant Copts and Arab Christians? We checked the Copts...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2002
Media critique on the Palestinian issue in the Egyptian Press.
Meeting with Bible Society director Ramez Atallah about the way the Bible has been translated into Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Fr. Raed Abusahlia of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem sent us the following documents: - Archbishop of Canterbury to chair Summit of Religious Leaders on the Middle East - Religious Leaders reach unprecedented joint accord on the Holy Land - The First Alexandria Declaration of the Religious...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2002
Bishop Mounir Anis, Episcopal Bishop of Egypt, sent us the following documents: - Archbishop to sign Anglican-Muslim agreement, - Text of the dialogue agreement between al-Azhar al-Sharif and the Anglican Communion, - Speech delivered at the American Embassy in Cairo for the Memorial Service of 11...
Date of source: Friday, January 11, 2002
The Islamic Fiqh [jurisprudence] Council issued a statement that condemned terrorism with all its forms and criticized the unjust media campaign against Islam. The statement warned that such campaigns help to evoke the claims of the crusades in the West.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Adler addresses the election victory of Hamās, and also the prevalence of Islamic movements across the Middle East. He notes that their prime goals are political, rather than religious, and that they have had a major impact on the status quo of Middle Eastern geopolitics.
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
Mahmoud al-Touhāmī explains that the current confusion in analyzing the situation in Palestine is due to the assumption that Hamās will turn their electoral campaign slogans into policies. He believes that this is not necessarily true, because these slogans are just a gateway to power.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
On September 7, Israeli newspapers published the text of a letter of senior Israeli rabbis directed to the head of the Israeli cabinet, Ariel Sharon. The letter urges Sharon not to hesitate to harm Palestinian civilians in the ongoing confrontations in the occupied territories.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...