Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
It is often believed that the best defence is an attack. This is the approach that Yigal Carmon seems to use to defend his institute in the Guardian. His article starts out immediately by accusing Brian Whitaker of the Guardian of selective journalism. But who is selective?
Date of source: Wednesday, November 6, 2002
The false declarations by American pastor Jerry Falwell against Islam is not a new phenomenon for Western society. Still, there are Western men of religion, like father Jan Landouzy, who express objective opinions towards Islam. It is important that Muslim scholars get acquainted with what...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2002 to Friday, October 4, 2002
[The RNSAW presented a summary of this text in week 39A. This is a full translation]
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2002 to Friday, October 4, 2002
.The statement approved by the Azhar Permanent Committee for Dialogue and by the Anglican Church raised many questions concerning the correction of some information that is being taught about each religion. Sheikh El-Zafzaf said that this change of curricula started when an Azhar scholar found some...
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2002 to Friday, January 11, 2002
Zakariya Moussaoui until now is the only one facing formal charges in connection with the events of September 11. He refused to speak before the judge. The judge considered his silence a denial of the charges. So, she ordered the initiation of the trial in front of a jury the following 14 October...
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Walīd ‘Urābī writes on the recent visit of Coptic activist Michael Munīr to Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A press review of attitudes to the Muslim Brotherhood and its role in the new parliament, criticism that the group is putting party politics over the Egyptian people, and statements by leading figures in the group questioning the Holocaust.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
This article discusses some explanations for terrorism and makes a distinction between terrorism and resistance.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005
President Jacques Chirac forewarns that Turkey’s rejection by Europe may cause it to move towards fundamentalism and fanaticism.