Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2002
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has lodged an appeal against the imprisonment sentence handed down to him. The appeal is based on 14 reasons that have to do with violating and misinterpreting the law and the constitution on the part of the court. Accepting the appeal means a granting of a new trial before...
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: 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: Friday, June 21, 2002
General Ahmed Abdel Wahab presents the most important western studies that challenge the concept of Semitism in his book “Semitism…the biggest lie.” He revealed that Jews have succeeded in deceiving the world with the term “Semitism.” They managed to change the law in Western countries in order to...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
The letter calls for a two state solution; Israel and Palestine, calls resistance against occupation justified but denounces violent methods of resistance.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A British court will decide on May 10 about the American demand to deport an Algerian fundamentalist to the USA. He is accused to be the mastermind of the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 2000 and of having relations with Al-Qa´ida. Another case is the trial of the director...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
The Religious Brotherhood Organization discussed in a seminar how Arabs should explain the West the Israeli assault on Christian and Islamic holy places. Why did Christians in the West not demonstrate in support of the Church of the Nativity? What is the relationship between that lack of support...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2002
The Maglis el-Milli of the Evangelical churches in Egypt headed by Dr. Safwat Al-Bayadi condemned the inhuman Israeli practices against the Palestinians. The Maglis called upon all churches, international and local ecclesiastical bodies, the international community and organizations to support the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
"We plead with you as Christian leaders, who are concerned about both Palestinians and Israelis and with the future of their children, to help both sides equally implement peace and justice."
Date of source: Tuesday, April 9, 2002
It was a sight sickening to hundreds of millions of Christians and the source of outrage among senior clerics across the world. A tower of smoke uncoiled high above the rooftops of Bethlehem yesterday, testimony to a fire burning by the church marking the place of Christ´s birth.