Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
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An
Islamic-Christian dialogue conference was held in Cairo from December 18-20. All the participants stressed
the
importance of building a "culture of dialogue" that can face the challenges confronting the Arab
societies from
outside and inside. The conference presented "A charter for a...
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The Italian
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq al-Awsat
that he was not that stupid to attack
Islam and the Islamic civilization and that Islām was a great
religion. Still, many articles in this week’s papers
criticized his statements about the Western...
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Former British
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared that
the attacks in America were not condemned strongly enough by British
Muslims. She added that the people who
attacked the two towers of the WTC were Muslims and that Muslims should
prove that this terrorism was not
Islamic. British...
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The
Sheikh of the Azhar declared that any coalition
with the USA is H...
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The Criminal Court of Sohag gave its verdict in al-Kosheh case, in
which
57 Muslims and 39 Copts were accused. Ninety-two defendants were set free and four Muslim defendants were
sentenced to between one and ten years imprisonment. No one was convicted of murder, although 21 Christians
were...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 20, 2006
Ikrām Lam‘ī refers to the contradiction of the political agenda of
Islamist groups in Egypt, who reject a religious president like George Bush, and hail the return of the
secular Democratic
Party.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2006
In an interview with the author, the head of the U.S. Copts Association, Michael Meunier, discusses his future political plans in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 5, 2007
Coptic writer Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá about his views on reform in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Egyptian youth turning to religious associations and the phenomenon of converting people. Description of a visit to the Holy Family celebration in Dayr Abū Hinnis, organized by CIDT and FPA. Support and...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2006
In his article, Majdī Khalīl stresses the Arab and Islamic world’s need of the West. He questions contemporary Islam and Muslims in the light of some of the world’s thinkers. Khalīl highlights the compelling need for the Arabic and Islamic countries to cooperate with the different West to lead to...