Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The author thinks that only constructive dialogue between leaders of different religions can lead to peace and social tolerance.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Ibrāhīm ‘Īsā holds a press conference to comment on the verdicts against him.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
The Middle East Council of Churches organized an Arab Islamic-Christian dialogue conference in Cairo. Another Islamic-Christian dialogue conference was held in Bahrain. The Egyptian Evangelical Organization for Social Services invited Muslim and Christian scholars to a seminar discussing ?Violence...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Minister of Endowments Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq received an invitation to visit the Vatican next May to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Egypt and the Vatican.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Muslim holidays coincide with Coptic feasts this year. In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the Egyptian Muftī, speaks about the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ from a Muslim perspective. Demonstrating the status of Christ in Islām, the grand Muftī explains that Islām holds Christ...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Hulsman responds to questions about the role of Egyptian security in our struggle to obtain NGO status. Since week 53 of 2006 was mailed to subscribers on April 30, 2007 (see the editorial that always marks the date of publishing a specific week), this text was placed in week 53 of 2006.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Wisām Muhammad provides an insight into her experience as an intern working with the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Understanding. She describes her previous perceptions of the Western world, and how her work with AWR has helped to change her understanding, and further her commitment to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A former intern with the Center for Arab West Understanding, Mia Ulvgraven, provides a personal account of her time in Egypt, and how, as a Westerner, her views have been altered and corrected with living and working in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Drs. Hulsman criticizes the well-known American Evangelical writer Dr. David Aikman for presenting an article in support of Pope Benedict’s main arguments about Islām, claiming Islām not to be a religion of reason. Hulsman finds Aikman’s arguments an oversimplification and therefore doing injustice...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Prof. Andreas van Agt explained great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the pasty decades, becoming more hostile to religion and certainly not only Islām. Muslims needs to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European critique on Islām and the...