Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān was born in 1929. He is an Egyptian professor who has lived in France and received his Ph.D. Dr. al-Sammān has participated in a large number of seminars and dialogues, and his activities stem from his belief in the importance of dialogues and meetings dealing with Islam and the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2011
For years I have been extremely cautious with reports published by Jihād Watch and AINA (a source often quoted by Jihād Watch). Their language tends to be inflammatory and stories that I was able to check in the past – see the many reports about this subject in AWR – proved to be exaggerated....
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
A report on the riots which followed the killing of six Copts in Naj‘ Hammādī: The clashes occurred as mourners received the bodies of the dead from the hospital, and after burial services. Protesters in Nag Hamadi, about 40 miles north of the ancient ruins of Luxor, attacked a police station with...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2009
The author comments on articles from the Egyptian press this month, in particular stories about houses of worship and the unified law for houses of worship and the second anniversary of the constitutional amendments.
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2008
On the second day of the interfaith dialogue conference which is being held under the auspices of the Episcopal Church, participants have claimed that the roots causes of sectarianism in Egypt need to be tackled.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2008 to Friday, March 14, 2008
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine prepared a comprehensive report about education in Egypt, devoting over 90 pages to this complicated issue. The magazine presented realistic statistics related to education, and gaged the opinions of experts on the matter.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The article describes a seminar that was organized by the World Islamic Call Society that looked at the issue of cultural communication and tried to promote better co-existence between people of different religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The following article presents an overview of the Annual Anglican-Al Azhar Interfaith Meeting that implicitly dealt with dialogue and means of furthering it. Wisam al-Deweny provides her input on the subject, and recommends means of improving this dialogue in the future.
Date of source: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Islamic researchers and thinkers comment on Robertson’s attacking declarations against Islam.
Date of source:
President Mubarak has met with the delegation representing the three heavenly religions in the inter-
religious dialogue conference that was held in Alexandria. He warned against the provocative activities of Israel as
it is in the nature of such activities to lead to more blood shedding. At the...