Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
This is the text of a speech given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, at Lambeth Palace at the formal signing of an agreement for dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the al-Azhar al-Sharif university in Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2004
I received an unsigned letter about a Coptic grievance. The letter is written in English with an Arabic summary. The title of the letter is “The injustices suffered by the Christian minority in Egypt.” The letter also reminds the reader of the raids conducted by armed Islamic groups against the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The prominent preacher Dr. Al-Ahmadi Abu Al-Nour, former Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] stressed that Muslims are the enemies of no one and that over the course of history Muslims have maintained a policy of co-existence and dialogue with ‘others’ [non-Muslims]. Abu Al-Nour said...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
In a seminar organized by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, Copts talked about their human rights grievances. Many prejudices against Copts have recently come to the surface as seen in the events at Al-Kosheh village in Upper Egypt a couple of years ago. The incident in Upper Egypt showed...
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
The articles of Ahmad are nothing but a show of extreme frustration and anger about how the holocaust has been used to create sympathy for Jews and Israel. He could have addressed this but denying or downplaying the holocaust is simply wrong.
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
The leaders of the Tagammu, Wafd and Nasserite Parties are about to complete the formulation of a joint document on “political, democratic and constitutional reform.” The Muslim Brotherhood sees in the Nasserite, Tagammu and Wafd parties a legitimate cover and a channel through which Brotherhood...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Around 100,000 Russian immigrants in Israel are not Jewish according to the Orthodox Jewish law.