Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Responses to Lord Carey’s Cairo lecture. Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and the Mufti Dr. Ali Goma’a stressed the need for mutual understanding between Muslims and Christians. Questions were asked about bad reporting, the meaning of dialogue and evangelism.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
I gladly received an invitation for a very special seminar, where I was informed of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services’ (CEOSS) activities in promoting the concept of accepting the other and coexisting with all citizens. The ‘others are people who are different in religion, in...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Journalists must be aware of sectarian sensitivities. By not being aware of them, journalists contribute to the bias and distortion of facts.
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2002
Bishop Kenneth Cragg spoke on April 10 in the Faculty of Languages and Translation at the Azhar University.The Bishop said both Islam and Christianity acknowledge the greatness of God.
Students asked the bishop about his opinion about the Palestinians. Some of them asked in a polemical fashion...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The year report of 2001 including an overview of the special reports written for the RNSAW. The year 2001 was marked by a strong increase in the number of special reports, providing readers with information that is not available elsewhere.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Stereotypes about people from other groups are false and misleading. Being in Egypt, one is continuously reminded of Western biases and the widespread conviction that the West has targeted Islam, that Western Christians are making an effort to destroy Islam and that; in fact, we are witnessing a...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Arab media are voicing their frustration about president Bush’s campaign against terrorism that resembles medieval crusaders. Bush is using more religion in his vocabulary than most if any current heads of state of Muslim countries. This is putting pressure on them to use more Muslim religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Comments on the article of Dr. Zeinab ‘Abdel Aziz in October Magazine in which she attacks Christian faith. Articles like this have a negative impact on Arab-West and Muslim-Christian relations.
Dutch Catholic priest Brother Piet Lindner, friend of AWR, passed away.
Date of source: Friday, March 12, 2004
What did the Old Testament and the Talmud, both of which shape the existence of the Jews, say?!” What is happening to the Jewish faith in terms of feelings of superiority or genius, both of which have contributed to the discrimination between Jews and non-Jews in Jewish society. All these...
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 2004
The US Copts Association published a press release on March 25, 2004 with the title “Coptic Pope Denounces Forced Conversion of Coptic Girls.” It is obvious that the the US Copts Association has not made much of an effort, if any, to check the rumors. Instead the have blown this out of proportions.