Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
During his visit to Turkey, which witnessed tension, the Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI praised Turkey’s recent policy changes toward minorities, saying that this was enough to allow Turkey’s entrance in the EU.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
In this article, the author discusses Pope Benedict’s
visit to Turkey, highlighting its main political implications and problem’s surrounding Turkey’s
membership in the EU.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The Egyptian press has widely covered the four-day visit that Pope Benedict XVI paid to Turkey from November 28 to December 1, 2006 in an obvious attempt to heal the wounds opened by his earlier "offensive" remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. According to political analysts, the pontiff’s...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
The European Commission recommended the partial suspension of Turkey’s European Union entry because Turkey refused to implement its commitments.
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Italy’s Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi stated that he read about Islām and found out that all of what he read was
absurd and
could not be compared to the Western civilization, which he said was superior to Islām. He also
associated between
Islam and those who are anti-globalization and said...
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Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...
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Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
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The
State Security Supreme Court decided to postpone the trial of Saad
Eddin Ibrahim to the 19th of the coming month.
Lawyer Abdel Haleem Mandour, who defends the fifth and sixth
defendants and known for being an Islamist, said that
he will not only defend his clients but all the
defendants,...
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The
hearing sessions of the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, in which Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 of his aides
are
accused of forgery and financial contravention, started. al-Hayat listed the details of the two
sessions and the
defenses discussions with the witness for prosecution. al-Sharq al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Europe’s rejection to Turkey’s entry into the European Union because of its Islamic values.