Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2006
On Thursday, 12 editors-in-chief from
Egypt’s most
influential national newspapers issued a statement in which they condemned attempts by ‘yellow’
journalism to
insult Egyptian symbols, including President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak. Outlining the
current status of
the Egyptian press, the editors...
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
A recent Administrative
Judicial Court ruling allowing Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion recognized on official
documents and the issue of Bahā’ī marriage have been a subject of heated debate in the
Egyptian press.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Egyptian Minister of Culture decided that Egypt will contribute a huge stone of Assuan granite to the monument for the Unknown Child in The Netherlands. His decision was followed by the visit of Mirjam and Sil van Oort, two representatives of the Rose Foundation, between December 7 and 17 2003...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The grand muftī of Egypt has issued a fatwa saying that statues are harām, but Egyptian intellectuals have taken an opposing stand, defending the art of sculpture.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2002
Media critique on articles about the place and role of Christians in Arab countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria visited Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations that might inspire their own practice of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and...
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2000
As reported in the last issue of the RNSAW, 'Amīr S. Ibrāhīm, son of Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, expressed his readiness to respond to all questions related to allegations in the Egyptian press. Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm made a statement before the State Security Prosecutors and 'Amīr thinks this...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
What have women done towards preventing ethnic cleansing in Kosovo? How are women contributing to the Middle East peace process? What part can they play in building understanding between people of different faiths? What can they do now to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor? These issues...