Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Christianity Today, a major US publication, published a highly distorted article on Christians in Egypt, making claims that are simply false or cannot be substantiated. Christianity Today based itself on material obtained from Operation World and other sources. Operation World admits they must have...
Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2003
The article in Aqidati of January 28 seems to be intended to wipe up sentiments against Jews and Israel. There are plenty good reasons to criticize Israeli brutal policy towards the Palestinians but this article doesn´t do this but focuses on an aleged report to destroy Mecca and the Ka´ba and thus...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Sudanese and other African asylum seekers are suddenly detained in large numbers creating great fear in their community in Cairo. This policy is probably related to Egyptian economical difficulties and ordinary Egyptians seeing Sudanese as competitors on an increasingly tight labor market.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Eulogy of the German Orientalist Dr. Annemarie Schimmel, the most well-known voice in the West for the understanding between Islam and the West.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Al-Usbua´s reporting about US interference in Egyptian curricula is the result of polarization between US-government and Egyptian authors who no longer trust information of US government sources. These authors are basing their information on sources they trust but this may result in...
Date of source: Friday, September 16, 2005
Letters containing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Irshād [Guidance] office’s instructions for voting in the presidential election have been secretly circulated.
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
Establishing foundations for a democracy that allows public freedom is a huge challenge. It can only be achieved by removing all practices and aspects of society which obstruct freedom such as emergency laws or restrictions regarding the formation of parties and NGOs. Freedom of assembly and...
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005
When the Islamic section at the Louvre Museum was reconstructed in 1980s, only 1300 of its 13000 pieces were displayed. Now, the whole collection will go on display, after the French President, Jacques Chirac, approved a project dedicating a larger part of the museum to Islamic art. Islamic art...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Difficulties in obtaining NGO status and establishing CIDT.
Media attention for AWR work.
Interesting reports about Islam in the West, and in particular, the UK.
Date of source: Thursday, November 24, 2005
Dr. Larry Levine states that there is no justification for religiously-motivated violence in Judaism.