Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
The head of the International Forum of Women in Mexico invited the head of the Azhar Committee of Inter-
religious Dialogue to attend a three-day international conference in Mexico City. The conference includes the issue
of inter-religious dialogue on its agenda.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
In this article, Hamdi Abdel Raḥmān, one of the eight leaders of the Jamā‘āt al- Islamiya who wrote the four books that renounce most of the ideologies of the Gama?at, speaks about how he came to join the Gama?at al-Islāmīyah, why the Gama?at resorted to violence and why they later renounced...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Pope Shenouda warns against the dangers of the Israeli policies
and the international Zionist powers supporting them. He warns against the fact that Israel aims at hebronizing
Jerusalem, vacating it from its Palestinian Muslim and Christian children and turning it into an eternal capital
for...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2002
Gamal Ismail, a
journalist, played an important role in the relationship between Jezira TV and the Qā‘idah organization. He
wrote a book called ?I, Jezira TV, and Osama Bin-Laden.? He wrote that his experience with Jezira TV shows that
Jezira TV did not aim at revealing the truth but making...
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2002
The
Grand Imām stressed to the Gouvernor-General of Australia that Islām is against terrorism in all its forms. In
other news, Pope Shenouda ratified the formation of new directorates for the Egyptian Coptic churches in the United
States.
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2002
The Iranian newspaper ?Hayat No? reported that 150
members of the Taliban regime entered Iran but were arrested by the authorities. Among them was Ayman al-Zawahri. A
spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied this news.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Asharq al-Awsat reports that the statements of Hirsi Ali against Islām were seen by members of Muslim communities as a trick, deployed in order to gain asylum. Dutch journalist Eildert Mulder, who interviewed Ali, does not believe that this allegation is true
Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
The Center of Historical
Studies and Researches confirmed that Mullā Muhammad Omar, Osama Bin-Laden and al-Zawahri are safe and still
alive. The director of the Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies in London said that all statements issued by the
Center for Historical Studies and Researches are...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2002
Adel
Youssef, a lawyer, said that he expected that the court would agree to divorce actress Hala Sidqi from her husband
because he follows a different denomination from hers, which means that their case can be examined according to the
personal status law of the Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2002
Jerry Falwell’s appearance in a 60 Minutes broadcast sparked international Islamic protest, political fallout, and a fatwa calling for his death. The article contains interviews with Islamic experts, Christian theologians, and observers to summarize the event and put it into perspective.