Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2003
Some people choose not to discuss with arguments but slander people they disagree with in an effort to discredit them. This can be frequently seen in some Egyptian media. Some Coptic activists, such as Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, are not much different in their behavior...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2003
Islamic civil rights organizations and groups, based in the US, expressed dissatisfaction at the fact that an American Democratic senator distributed a memo among his colleagues saying that terrorist attacks can be stopped if terrorists detained in such operations be buried with the bowels of pigs...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2003
The author comments on a statement that was given by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs titled “Islam and the West between the Past and the Present.” He believes that France is the homeland of intellectual- and cultural tolerance. Despite the fact that there is an anti-Islamic trend in France,...
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
Bishop Wissa spoke about al-Kosheh in Montreal, Canada, where he claimed that Copts had died for their faith while no such claims were made by eye-witnesses or in reports of the prosecution. This is inciting language. The Bishop also claimed to have the right to be politically active and took the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2003
Pakistani authorities declared that they detained an Egyptian fundamentalist and seized with him a videotape in which Usama Bin Laden threatens to launch new attacks on the US. He was seized on the Afghani-Pakistani border while trying to deliver the tape to the Qatari Jazira channel. On the other...
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2003 to Friday, July 4, 2003
London overlooked extremist fundamentalists in the 1990´s. When they started to make trouble, it passed a law allowing detaining them without a trial. London ignored requests for extraditing terrorists to their native countries until two Muslim militants launched attacks in Britain. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The article is an interview with Monsignor Marco Dino Brogi, the Vatican ambassador to Egypt. The author gives a brief introduction of him and asks him about the stand of Pope John Paul II towards the US-led war in Iraq.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Two years ago Meunier organized a campaign against Hulsman for an article in Christianity Today. Hulsman responded with a letter in an effort to continue an exchange of views but Meunier chose never to respond despite repeated questions to do so. This letter is now made public.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Cornelis Hulsman and Michael Meunier first met on July 1, 1999. Meunier followed a very aggressive tone of questioning but in the end they agreed to exchange information. It was Hulsman´s aim to engage in dialogue. He sent lots of background reports the RNSAW had produced on July 7. Meunier...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
A spokesman of Scotland Yard stated that Muslim policemen are allowed to wear the turban during their work hours instead of the hat, which is part of the formal uniform