Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd introduces himself to readers of AWR, wanting to dedicate his efforts “towards a mission of progress energized by a will to see obscurantism defeated, fanaticism vanquished and poverty conquered.” “Writing,” Dr. ‘Ubayd writes, “associated with a fair degree of research, put...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Experts on Islam believe that if the U.S. response to terrorist attacks is perceived in Islamic countries as a war against their religion, support could unravel the international coalition needed to wage a successful war on terrorism. An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and a law...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Houston, Texas, held a press conference at which it called on political and religious leaders in the state to speak out against the recent waves of hatred against Muslims.
The conference came after a series of recent attacks against...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...