Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī had an interview with
Dr. Bishāra
Khidr, a professor of political and economic sciences at the Catholic University of
Leuven in Belgium and
the director of the Modern Center for Arabic Studies at the same university,
during his visit to Cairo. He talked
about his opinions...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Al-Qāhira publishes excerpts from the transcript
of an audiotape, said to
be of the leader of al-Qā‘ida, Usāma Bin Lādin, in
which he calls on Muslims
to prepare for a drawn-out conflict with the West.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Dr. Pascal Boniface, the director of the Institute for International and Strategic Relations in Paris and a professor at the Institute of European Studies in the University of Paris, presents a new vision on the conflict of civilizations in his book, “War on terror” or “World War IV”. Rif‘at...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
Relations between the Anglican church and some Jews are strained after a vote in the Church of England’s General Synod concerning investment in companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, in particular Caterpillar Inc., an American machinery company.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Transcript of the questions and answers following the discussion on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended’ at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo on April 15, 2006.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
A Palestinian scholar stressed that Muslims are not
against the creed and the legislation of Moses but are against the changes and the misinterpretations of his
teachings as mentioned in the Torah and the Talmud of the Jews. The altered Judaism is a racist creed and the texts
of the Torah and...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) issued a report titled "Egypt’s Al-Azhar Clerics: We declare war on America," The title implies that many if not most Azhar scholars declared war on America. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi stressed that this was certainly not true. He said that the report...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2001
The author comments on Youssef
Sidhom’s editorial in "Watani" titled "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" He believes that the ideas Sidhom
expressed are strange ideas outside the bounds of the Egyptian Orthodox-church, as they do not support the
Palestinian struggle against Israel. He also...
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2001
The Belgium capital witnessed a peaceful march in which many Belgians together with foreigners from different nationalities participated. They carried many signs saying, "Stop war" and "That is enough America." They shouted against violence and war and asked for the Palestinian intifada not to be...
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2001
The Islamic countries declared in the final statement of the conference of their ministers of foreign affairs that they were ready to contribute to any international efforts to fight terrorism, under the supervision of the United Nations. They harshly condemned the terrorist attacks in America and...