Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The father of a Christian girl who disappeared from her home with a Muslim boy states that
he will accept her marriage or conversion, if she has chosen of her own free will, but he believes that she
may
have been brainwashed.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Highlights of the meeting held at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on May 7, 2006, to launch the CAWU website, including a welcome address by Mr. Muhammad al-Sāwī, comments from former ministers Dr. Mamdouh al- Biltājī, Mr. Ahmed Māhir, Dr. Ahmad Juwaylī, head of the Protestant Community Council Dr. Safwat al...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Dan Brown’s widely popular novel The Da
Vinci Code has caused a storm of controversy in
the Christian world, due to allegations about Jesus and the
Christian faith. The Christian Council of Korea has
described the novel as an attempt to distort the facts,
defame Jesus Christ’s sanctity and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The
secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Angelo Amato,
has called on
Catholics to boycott The Da Vinci Code movie, based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, which carries
the
same name.
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
The author wonders why attacks
target only Orthodox churches and not
Catholic or Evangelical churches in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Christians in Egypt have rejected a document
that is alleged by
some to allow missionary work in Egypt, arguing that it will increase tension between Muslims
and Copts.
AWR has already published Shaykh al-Zifzāf’s denial fo these claims, with a link
to the
full text of the document.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Criticism from the Vatican on ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and the Gospel of Judas and news
that the
sequel to Dan Brown’s controversial book will not be published at the end of the year, as
expected.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
The
Catholic Church criticizes the film of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which
will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May
2006.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Discussion of the film of the life of St. Peter, starring Egyptian actor
‘Umar al-
Sharīf, and more comments on ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2001
An Egyptian living in America sent the author a message
saying that Americans are among the kindest peoples in the world and that he felt very safe in America. He added
that there was bitter hostility in Egypt towards the West and America, although America liberated Kuwait and fought
against...