Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman and Mads Akselbo Holm discuss the media coverage and accounts of the South Korean Christians who were being held hostage by the Ṭalibān. The authors show this issue contributed to a negative Muslim image of Christian missionaries.
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Robeir al-Faris discusses the decision announced by Shaykh Ṭanṭāwī regarding permitting Copts to study at the Azhar. He further mentions the recent furor caused by a documentary that depicts Christ from a Muslim perspective.
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Archpriest Father Athanasius Butrus of Mar Girgis Church in Manshīyat al-Sadr district, Cairo, recalls his memories of Ramaḍān.
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2007
In an unprecedented move, 120 of the banned Muslim Brotherhood members have been released, reducing the number of detainees to less than 150, when two months ago there were more than a thousand members in prison. Some have described the decision as a conciliatory move made by the Ministry of...
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2007
The article discusses the alleged disappearance of Coptic girls, criticizing the difficulties that parents face in being able to file a legal document to report their daughter’s disappearance.
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2007
Prince al-Hasan Bin Ṭalāl, president of the Arab Thought Forum, stresses the need to build bridges of dialogue across the Mediterranean in order to address the mass immigration problems and the humanitarian tragedies.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Middle East Christian Association is facing troubles with the Egyptian authorities. Two of its members in Egypt are in jail, facing charges of contempt against Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2007
al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ proposed a debate on how some Muslim scholars consider inter-religious dialogue. While many approve of it as being a positive means of creating peace and ending conflicts, others reject it in under the present conditions of attacks on Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, September 2, 2007
Pope Shenouda III has obtained a court verdict against Muhsin Adīb, a Copt, who was reported as leasing two flats owned by the pope in Cairo’s Heliopolis, but having ceased paying their monthly rent since April 1997.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Text presented to the Dutch delegation consisting of representatives of Dutch churches and Muslim organizations at the Egyptian Press Syndicate.