Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
The key to encouraging people to respect other’s beliefs is education, believes Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd. According to him, state schools should promote the brotherhood of all citizens, not the followers of one religion above the others. An ideal state school system should be non religious, but...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The report examines the definitions of polemics, the differing views of what constitutes polemics, including the Danish cartoons and the play in Alexandria which led to sectarian violence, Mīzān al-Haqq, a 19th century Christian polemical book against Islam and the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2003
The Centre introduces Rev. Dr. John Watson, a long time RNSAW/AWR board member, as a close companion of Bishop Kenneth Cragg, an eminent Arabist and one of the greatest Christian scholars of Islam in the world in his search for truth and dialogue. Only one sentence has ultimate significance for...
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
Professor of Comparative Theology and Spirituality at Rome’s Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (PISAI), Father Maurice Borrmans, and Tunisian Academic and member of the Groupe de recherches islamo-chrأ©tien (GRIC) [the Group of Islamic-Christian Dialogue], Ahmīda al-Nayfar,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Henry Laurens is on his way to take the place of Jack Perck [name is transliterated from Arabic original, we do not know whether the spelling of his name is correct], and Louis Masignon in the specialization and analysis of Arab issues. This young researcher, who is not yet fifty, was recently...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new Orientalism now uses mainly anthropological methods in interpreting classical
texts, and employs sociological methods in interpreting contemporary phenomenon. We lack access
to Western studies of classical topics as well as contemporary issues. However severely we
criticize what others...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The article reviews the following books:
Patterns of the Past, Prospects for the Future: The Christian Heritage in the Holy Land. Edited by Thomas Hummel, Kevork Hintilian and Ulf Carmesund, pp. 334. London: Melisende, 1999, £15.00. 1901764109.
Palestinian Christians-Religion, Politics and Society...