Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2002 to Friday, November 15, 2002
The administrative court issued a decree that allows fired priest Andraous Aziz to come back to work. This might draw the church into crisis, especially if it tries to counteract the judicial decision. It also may limit the authority of the church over religious men.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Discussion on “Freedom of expression and respect for ‘the other’ How to respond if one is offended?” organized by CIDT and Al-Sawy Cultural Wheel.
Request for NGO Status, decision again postponed.
Dr. Maurice Assad, former assistant secretary-general of the MECC and friend of AWR, passed away....
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Khālid Bura‘ī presents a list of banned books in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Disciplinary measures start with investigations, which must be conducted by a neutral fair investigator, who is obliged to hear statements of the witnesses and the priest’s defense. Decisions are taken by consensus, and therefore the author argues that the claims that Bishop Bīshouy has been...
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2005
This is a translation of an article about the work of the Center for Arab-West Understanding from the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.
Editor AWR: This article is very sharp. Senior editor Eildert Mulder has used formulations that Hulsman would never have used, but this is related to Mulder’s own...
Date of source: Monday, November 28, 2005
An archpriest defrocked by Pope Shenouda III is given back his position by the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court [Editor: The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court is a body of the Council of State.].
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Efforts to obtain NGO status.
Media attention for AWR work.
Israeli organizations publishing about radical Arab and Islamic websites.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
AWR is still dealing with the ongoing postponement of obtaining an NGO status.
Recommendation of a comment showing that much of Muslim-Christian tensions are under the surface.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
A discussion of the political rights of the Copts.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2005
Coptic siblings, who were officially registered as Muslims after their father converted to Islam and divorced their mother, have filed a lawsuit demanding the correction of their names and religion data.