Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
In the following interview Patriarch Gregorious III Lahhām of Antioch and the Orient calls on Christians of the Arab world to have a more active role in their societies. He highlighted the Christians’ service of positive influence on their societies.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Held in Paris recently, the conference, which witnessed no official Egyptian participation for 30 years now, called for putting the Coptic antiquities on the Egyptian tourist map and recommended the establishment of independent departments of Coptology at Egyptian universities
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All Copts and church leaders in Egypt and all over the world condemned Sharon?s practices against the
Palestinians and the fact that the Israeli forces attacked the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem and prevented
worshipping in it for the first time in history. They asked different countries all...
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2007
Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī asserted that he had not yet announced his final approval to visit the Vatican, stating that the decision as to whether to approve or reject the visit requires deliberation and would not be made until the Azhar receives a formal invitation from Pope...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A discussion of Christians in the Middle East, their history and ongoing struggles.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2006
Watani publishes a
monthly series depicting the true history of Egypt. The influence of the Romans, Greeks and Persians is explored,
combined with the impact that religion had on Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
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Italy’s Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi stated that he read about Islām and found out that all of what he read was
absurd and
could not be compared to the Western civilization, which he said was superior to Islām. He also
associated between
Islam and those who are anti-globalization and said...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
An overview of the life of Cardinal Franz Konig, the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna and one of the principal architects of the Second Vatican Council