Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2001
The international Assembly for civilization dialogue in Saudi-Arabia organized a
conference on inter-religious dialogue in Cairo. Muslim and Christian leaders who attended the conference disagreed
about the use of the term "heavenly religions." A few Christian representatives insisted on...
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that when the Italian Prime Minister said that the Western Civilization was superior to the Islamic one, he did not understand the difference between civilization and religion and that was why he compared between the Western civilization and the Islamic religion....
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
The author is of the opinion that the statement of the Italian Prime Minister expressed the allures and ambitions of the West and its belief that Islam and the Arabic civilization is its real enemy. He compass between the old Crusades and the new one declared by President Bush, concluding that the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2001
[The RNSAW received this text from Dr. Abu Zayd for placement in the RNSAW. The text was first presented during a conference in June in Berlin, Germany]
Since the occupation of Egypt by Bonaparte in 1798 Muslims have had to address the issue of secularization. Some Muslim thinkers believe Islam...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2001
On the second day of his visit to Kazakhstan, Pope John Paul II stressed that the Catholic Church respected Islam. He added that terrorism deforms man’s image and that all believers should cooperate to make sure that religion is not misused as a cover for man’s greedy schemes.
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2001
A meeting was held for the teachers of religion, Christian and Islamic, in De La Salle and Saint Joseph’s schools. The meeting discussed the influence of dialogue among religions. The head of the Azhar Inter-Religious Dialogue Committee and the deputy to the Catholic Patriarch in Egypt participated...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
An interview with Egyptian artist Farīd Fādil, including discussion of his views on Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, ’Christian art’ and Leonardo da Vinci and the controversial book, ’The Da Vinci Code’.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
The author reviews the relations binding Egypt and the Vatican, which established diplomatic ties in 1920.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Although many in the East and West have called for dialogue between civilizations and religions, there are still those, such as the Salafis and those who subscribe to the idea of a clash of civilizations, who reject ‘the other’.
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2006
Father Pierre Patista, representative of the Vatican in Israel, declared that the pope of the Vatican has forgiven the Jewish family that attacked worshippers inside the Church of Annunciation last Friday.