Date of source: Sunday, July 28, 2002
This text was reproduced in the Copts Daily Digest, July 31, 2002 where it was spotted by Sout Al-Umma. Small interviewed former Muslim Maged El Shafie in Toronto. The RNSAW provides a comment. It is highly unlikely Small has investigated any of the claims of El Shafie.
Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2002
It is clear from the comments on Bat Ye´or´s article, that not all the points she discussed have been responded to. For example, what she says concerning the fact that jihad belongs to the religious domain and cannot be discussed and the feeling of superiority in Islam.
Date of source: Friday, August 23, 2002
Bat Ye´or wrote about jihad with political implications. This is enough to make one expect partiality in tone. The current situation in the Palestinian territories is another factor that influences the way many write about Jihad. By contrast to what Ye´or says, Islam does ask its adherents to...
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
The members of the New Testament group believe they represents the seed of the real Christian church that will revive the teachings of the Fathers. They consider the present church a dead church that deviated from the Christian faith. They believe that they are God´s agents on earth and that they...
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2002
The author presented a draft statement for dialogue between Egyptian and American cultured people. A Christian pastor asked whether cultured people [educated, belonging to a higher social class] belonging to the Islamic movement agree to sign the proposed statement while they reject dialogue. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
A Muslim saying that crucifixion is nothing but a fiction says what his religion teaches him. He may state this without the intention to be offensive to Christians. But Christians will feel offended. To avoid offensiveness, it is better to introduce Islam without saying “unlike Christianity” and to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2002
[AWR: This is a full text translation of a Dutch text with permission of the author.]
Sociology professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim: “You can beat Saddam Hussein, no doubt. But what you cannot do is prevent a new Saddam Hussein from appearing, a new Bin Laden. As long as there is no democracy, no state...
Date of source: Thursday, March 14, 2002
Egypt´s most well-known human rights activist, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, is now censored by his wife to keep him out of prison. The judge decided to reopen the case against Ibrahim and to set him free pending a new sentence.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Western press reporting about the court case of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim.
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2002
Aboud Al-Zumor, one of the imprisoned leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya, denied that he objected to the peaceful tendencies of his group. He assured that he is in favor of the initiative to denounce violence, which he declared with the historical leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya five years ago.