Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001
The Catholic Copts of Egypt followed the Vatican pope’s call and fasted with Muslims the whole day of yesterday according to the Islamic Shari’a.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
Christian Catholics all over the world will fast with Muslim as a response to the call of the Vatican pope. This call comes as an affirmation of religious empathy with Islam.
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
Dr. Milad Hanna and Sheikh Fawzy Al-Zafzaf, the president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue, stress the importance of the dialogue. They agree that the events of September 11 awakened the Islamic media which urges to correct the distorted image of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2001
The Grand Imam conveyed his congratulations to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his taking up office. He assured him that the Azhar was paying great attention to inter-religious dialogue which is part of the doctrine of the Qur’an.
Date of source: Sunday, September 2, 2001
A cooperation protocol between the Azhar and the Islamic University of Rotterdam, in Holland, which is suspected of having Zionist associations, was signed. The deputy of the Azhar University said that before signing such a protocol, the Azhar had consulted the Egyptian Embassy, in Holland, and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2001
The leaders of eastern churches are to meet at the Middle East Council of Churches in Cairo to join in the Coptic Church’s celebrations of 30 years of Pope Shenouda III being in the chair of Saint Mark.
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2001
The visit of the US commission has proved the patriotism of Egyptians by their rejection of it. However, if the present state of affairs persists, this will not be the last time we see the commission, and the question of the government’s patriotism will remain. The writer concluded the article by...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
The writer believes that human rights, part of which is religious freedom, cannot be achieved by investigating or writing reports. Human rights does not mean distributing humanitarian aid. She wonders why, if the US Commission on International Religious Freedom is concerned with the conditions of...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
In the past the Muslims of America and Europe were not allowed to found Islamic associations or practice Islamic rituals openly. This status has changed during the last quarter of a century.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2001
The Minister of Waqfs received the English Ambassador to Cairo who expressed his conviction about the importance of dialogue between heavenly religions in the Middle East. The Minister emphasized the point that Islam urges dialogue between heavenly religions and that the Azhar, along with the...