Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2002
The author presented a draft statement for dialogue between Egyptian and American cultured people. A Christian pastor asked whether cultured people [educated, belonging to a higher social class] belonging to the Islamic movement agree to sign the proposed statement while they reject dialogue. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
A Muslim saying that crucifixion is nothing but a fiction says what his religion teaches him. He may state this without the intention to be offensive to Christians. But Christians will feel offended. To avoid offensiveness, it is better to introduce Islam without saying “unlike Christianity” and to...
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2002
The Copts Daily Digest reported that the website of the US Copts Association was hacked by a Muslim. The hacker reported he doesn´t like their website and wanted to scare them. The US Copts Association reported that they are frequently threatened on Muslim sites but were not able to produce more...
Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2002
Arabs invented the term “Zionist Christianity” to explain American support for Israel, not considering the fact that “interests” govern international relationships. They believe that the USA is a materialistic society where religion has no importance. But, then they contradict themselves by...
Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2002
Omar Ahmed, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called the statement of Jerry Vines a ‘reckless, anti-Islamic statement´ which could lead to more hate crimes against Muslims in the US. Vines´ statement and other similar statements not only create a wedge between Muslims and...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Al-Midan was the only Egyptian publication giving attention to the petition of the US Copts Association about al-Kosheh. It is customary for the US Copts Association to prepare petitions, demonstrations or other activities prior to a visit of president Mubarak to the US.Muslim-Christian-Jewish...
Date of source: Saturday, May 25, 2002
The motivation, objectives and program of an RNSAW workshop for Egyptian journalists in cooperation with the Al-Ahram Institute for Regional Journalism. The workshop is financed by the Dutch Embassy and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and covers human rights issues, women, Western and Arab media, freedom...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2002
Al-Arabi wrote that the Brotherhood did not participate in the demonstrations against the events in Palestine. Yet, other papers claimed that the Brotherhood was behind most of the demonstrations. Brotherhood members explained that the Palestinian issue is always at the top of their agenda and...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002
Because of the criticism in the Egyptian press on Coptic migrants we continued our overview of contributions on the Copts Daily Digest (see for the first overview RNSAW, 2002, week 14A, art. 11). Many responses in the Digest are strongly polarizing.
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
"We plead with you as Christian leaders, who are concerned about both Palestinians and Israelis and with the future of their children, to help both sides equally implement peace and justice."