Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Initiative for Egyptian Personal Rights calls on the President to codify requirements for churches and religious buildings
The Initiative for Egyptian Personal Rights said that tensions and sectarian attacks, witnessed in the Minyā Governorate in recent days have hindered the practice of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2015
A yearly meeting for Muslims concludes in France with 50,000 participants
On Monday, the 32nd annual meeting for Muslims in France closed in the suburb of Le Bourget in Paris. The event lasted for three days and was organized by the Union of Islamic Organizations in France (non-profit). The title...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Bishop Būla: these are the best days in the history of the Copts
Addressing a conference of Arab Christians, Bishop Būla said that the June 30th Revolution ushered in the best times that Coptic Christians have ever seen in Egypt. He said that the most important accomplishment of the June 30th...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2015
Minister of Religious Endowments: The Bahāʾī faith supported the creation of the state of Israel at the expense of Palestine
Doctor Muhammad Mukhtār, Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments, said "there is no doubt that the enemies of religion, Egypt, and the Arab people are working to fragment...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2015
Permission given to build a church in Istanbul for the first time in the history of Turkey
Sources with the Prime Minister’s Council confirmed that the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has agreed to give a piece of land to a Christian tribe to build a new church in Yashīl Kawī in Istanbul. The...
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2014
For more than 20 years, I have tried to build bridges between Islam and Christianity and to dispel ignorance and misunderstanding between them. Islam is the second-largest faith community in the world and the second-largest in Britain, and so bridges between Islam and Christianity are something...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
On May 20, 2014, the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) organized a forum meeting under the title: Investigative Journalism in Egypt: Experiences and Challenges. Key speaker of the evening, Danish award winning journalist Mr. Flemming Weiss Andersen, spoke about his experiences in reporting...
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
[First published on May 17, 2014 on the website of the Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) in Lebanon. Republished with the permission of the author and IMES in Arab-West Report]
Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Raymond Ibrahim, author of “Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians,” is blatantly anti-Muslim in his writings. He is doing ‘well’ in creating fear for Muslims.
Ibrahim interprets all violence of Muslims against Christians as something that is motivated through Islam as religion....
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
One of the greatest horrors that can befall a family is the sudden disappearance of their child. No country in the world could doubt such tragedy. Why then does controversy surround Coptic minors?
There are two prominent reasons, and both relate to the contested sectarian nature of Egyptian...