Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
Rowan Williams was enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2003. One of the archbishop’s recent publications is Silence and Honey Cakes: The Wisdom of the Desert. This book will enable the reader to enter into the demands of the desert: the spiritual Coptic Desert of past and present...
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: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
The review deals with some repercussions of the Danish cartoons, deemed by Muslims worldwide as offensive.
Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2003
In preparation for elections in New South Wales, the One Nation Party in Australia distributed anti-Islam pamphlets. It accused the government of attracting Muslims´ votes by selling them lands for the purpose of building a mosque – which they believe will lead to dire consequences.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
‘Amr Khālid has had a remarkable march to fame as a dā‘iya.
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
At a time when Muslims in the West are being oppressed and mistreated, optimistic steps are being taken by the European Institute for Humanities to correct the image of Muslims in the West. The institute, which was established in Wales in 1999, offers courses in shari’a and Arabic language for the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
The director of the Markfield Institute for high studies in Britain interprets the verses of the Qur’an using his scientific knowledge about astronomy. He believes that this approach suits Westerners, owing to the fact that their mental references are logic and reason. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
The verdict given in the action of Al-Kosheh has caused a strong line of division between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians. Most Muslims accept the impartiality of the court while many Christians, inside and outside Egypt, expressed their anger in articles, letters and interviews about the verdict....
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
This is the text of a lecture delivered in London by the general administrator of the Latin Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Father William Shomali, representing Latin Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabah of Jerusalem, during the investiture of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher of England and...