Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2001
The author comments on Youssef
Sidhom’s editorial in "Watani" titled "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" He believes that the ideas Sidhom
expressed are strange ideas outside the bounds of the Egyptian Orthodox-church, as they do not support the
Palestinian struggle against Israel. He also...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
In this article Bishop Yohanna Qulta gives an overview of the history of the Crusader wars. He expressed the opinion that in order to study the history of the Crusades, we have to remove Islam and Christianity as motives for them because, they were not directed at Islam although they were fought...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Interview about the opinion of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the attack on September 11 and the attack on Afghanistan. The bishop is criticizing Egyptian media and fears escalation.
Date of source: Friday, September 28, 2001
Bishop Yohanna Qulta commented on the anxiety and the fear our world is living in today, on the many questions about the future and on the relationships between peoples and religions. He stressed that religions can play a great role in reformulating the now chaotic moral values of the world.
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2001
A meeting was held for the teachers of religion, Christian and Islamic, in De La Salle and Saint Joseph’s schools. The meeting discussed the influence of dialogue among religions. The head of the Azhar Inter-Religious Dialogue Committee and the deputy to the Catholic Patriarch in Egypt participated...
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Dr. Wolfram Reiss discusses the obstacles and opportunities identified by a German project and accompanying international dialogue on the revision of school textbooks in the Middle East, in terms of their treatment of Christianity.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
Coptic intellectuals are divided over the step taken by Coptic activists in the West to discuss the Coptic file before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. Some believe that such step is the only possible action in order to attract the government’s attention to the problems of Copts,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Correspondence with an American Jihad sympathizer that shows there is much distrust of efforts to promote dialogue.
Media attention for AWR.
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2003
The author comments on the spiritual value of fasting on the occasion of the month of Ramadan. He also comments on the sad events that accompanied the holy month this year. He stressed the importance of respecting each individual human being as a beginning for a breakthrough for the Arab and...
Date of source: Thursday, November 6, 2003
Helmy Salem, coordinator of the seminar of “Scientific means for renewing religious discourse”, organized by Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies on August 12 and 13 in Paris, responds to the criticism Al-Liwaa´ Al-Islami directed to the seminar and the statement it released.