Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2001
Al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies held a seminar about the effects of the recent terrorist attacks in America on national unity in Egypt. Both the [Grand] Shaykh of the Azhar and Pope Shnūdāh stressed that there was no fear about Egyptians’ national unity, which is unique in its...
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2001
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd is upset about the media debate on Islam in the West. Abu Zayd rejects the view that Islam should be held responsible for extremist attacks. The political discourse as reflected in Western media did not mind its language. The media debate on Islam is getting more entrapped in the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2001
The imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah (Mecca) called upon world leaders not to resort to violence in response to the terror attacks against the United States on Sept. 11. He also urged Muslims to differentiate between terrorism and legitimate holy struggle. He rejected terrorism as totally un-...
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2001
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman was interviewed by Egyptian TV to speak about the role of Western media in reporting on the attack in America. The questions directed at him made it obvious that there is a deep mistrust of Western reporting about the Arab and Islamic world. The interviewer believed that...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The news of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the talk of the day in Egypt. I have not interviewed any people but just took notes when people were speaking about the attacks. These notes are given here.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Sermons from pastors at the Maadi Community Church on ’The Da Vinci Code’ and its attack on Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Ihāb ‘Abd al-Hamīd writes that unlike the Jews of pre-1948 Europe, Jews in Egypt lived side by side with Muslims and Christians and assumed positions of influence in a number of Egyptian ministries.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
In a recent speech, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews, describing it as a "myth" promoted to defend Israel. The author argues that there is indisputable historical fact to prove that the Holocaust did take place.
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Dr. Wolfram Reiss discusses the obstacles and opportunities identified by a German project and accompanying international dialogue on the revision of school textbooks in the Middle East, in terms of their treatment of Christianity.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2005
Judge Labīb Halīm Labīb claims that there is a U.S. conspiracy to break up the Arab world by stirring up discord and igniting sectarian sedition.