Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Drs. Hulsman reviews the responses and reactions to issues of conversion in Egypt versus those of Western countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The article is a response to questions received by AWR in 2003 from different Western churches, Christian organizations, Christian leaders and Human Rights Watch, based on material from Western sources and interviews with a few western missionaries then living in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The article presents a specific case of a man who converted to Christianity, and the problems that he was faced with following his decision.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The following article presents an introduction to the debate about the freedom of religion and conversion in Egypt, focusing on legal cases of conversions, specifically changing one’s religious identity on identification cards.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Although Egyptian civil law does not prohibit conversion from one religion to another, there are discrepancies in an individual’s ability to convert.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The following presents an investigative report authored by Mads Akselbo Holm, an intern for Arab-West Report, on the issue of Muslims leaving their faith. This study provides an excellent background to the commotion caused by Muḥammad Ḥijāzī announcing his conversion to Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
AWR introduced files on conversion, showing the numerous views and controversies surrounding conversion in Egypt.
Comment on Counselor Labīb Halīm Labīb writing about the collapse of supreme values in Egypt.
Report on Sawt al-Ummah stating that ‘Abd al-Hayy attempted to kidnap Rev. Sāmih Maurice of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
Nabīl ‘Abd al-FattāḤ wrote an excellent article on some biased Western authors.
Sāmih Fawzī believed that the mental image of the West in Arab minds is one of the main obstacles to successful dialogue between the West and Arab nations.
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
AWR obtained NGO status, after a long process starting in 2003.
Comment on Rafīq Ḥabīb who argues that the civil state is not by necessity opposed to the religious state.
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The article presents a personal impression of a trip to Dayr Abū Ḥinnis, and includes discussions on Muslim-Christian relations and church building.