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Date of source: 19 Jul 2003
American Equal Work Opportunities Association disclosed that the contract of a Muslim pilot working for Trans States Airlines Incorporation was terminated despite his excellent work record after the September 11 attacks because of his religion and his Middle Eastern features. The association which...
Date of source: 20 Jul 2003
The author comments on the conditions of the Islamic community in France. [See AWR week 19 arts 27 and 28].
Date of source: 19 Jul 2003 to 25 Jul 2003
Dr. Selim Naguib wrote an article titled "Where is the conscience of Egypt?" published on the Internet site of Elaf. He claimed that kidnapping minor Coptic girls, forcing them to convert to Islam and marrying them to Muslims is a phenomenon in Egypt. The author simply denies that such things...
Date of source: 20 Jul 2003
Rachel Fish, 23, a Jewish student at Harvard Divinity School, submitted a petition to the dean of the school asking him to reject a $2.5 million donation from Sheikh Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates, for a research center affiliated with the university.
Fish was awarded her M.A. degree...
Date of source: 20 Jul 2003
Commenting on the campaign of Rachel Fish Muhammad Khalifa the executive director of Zayed International Center for Coordination and Follow Up asserted that the aim of the campaign is to prevent the center from communicating with the Western public opinion. He explained that Fish’s campaign is not...
Date of source: 22 Jul 2003
The Legislative Committee of the Egyptian Parliament examines the possibility of allowing women to occupy all judiciary position according to the constitution, which stipulates gender equality.
The committee has before agreed on appointing women in all judiciary institutions. However, members of...
Date of source: 20 Jul 2003
The article gives an outline of an interview of Dr. Doria Sharif Eddin with, covering religious, political and economic issues. It has been recently published in a book titled "Merging in the Mind and Heart of Pope Shenouda."
Dr. Doria Sharif Eddin asked Pope Shenouda about the meaning of the "Pope...
Date of source: 17 Jul 2003
The author comments on Coptic monasticism and its features. He writes that it is the base of monasticism all over the world. It has five features: solitude chastity asceticism praying and meditation. He elaborates on each feature explaining that the aim of them all is to attain the level of having...
Date of source: 19 Jul 2003 to 25 Jul 2003
The author discusses the phenomenon of ecclesiastical hymns using the music of Egyptian popular songs and Western songs. He gives many examples. He approached Protestant and Orthodox men of religion for comments. They expressed objection to using the music of songs as a background for church hymns...
Date of source: 21 Jul 2003
The article reports the church initiative to establish schools for newly married couples to improve their social and sexual knowledge of marriage. This effective step is the outcome of three ecclesiastical studies on marriage and divorce issues among Christians. The studies show that 25% of divorce...
Date of source: 20 Jul 2003
The editor of the paper congratulates Pope Shenouda on his 80th birthday and praises his nationalistic attitudes.
[Khalid Youssef comments in Sout Al-Umma, July 21, 2003 on Pope Shenouda’s health problems in an article titled "Pope Shenouda’s health problems." He concludes his article with a...
Date of source: 23 Mar 2006
The House of Lords, the highest legal authority in Great Britain has issued a verdict that prevents Shabina Begum, a seventeen-year old Muslim girl, from wearing hijāb [veil] at Denbigh High School, in Luton.Shabina won a lawsuit against her school in 2004 after being prevented from wearing hijāb....
Date of source: 28 Mar 2006
A piece of research, issued in: The American Foreign Policy Volume, discusses emigrant Muslims’ attitudes in Europe.Robert Leiken, the head of the Immigration and National Security Program of The Nixon Center, in his research: Europe’s Angry Muslims, has stressed the worry of the U.S....
Date of source: 28 Mar 2006
Ahmad ‘Adb al-‘Azīm made a visit to the mosque of al-Tawhīd [Monotheism], affiliated to the group Ansār al-Sunna [Defenders of the Sunna] on a Friday. The author took part in noon prayer, along with other worshipers whom he then interviewed.The report also gives information about the sales of...
Date of source: 29 Jul 2003
The author comments on the statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar that calls for banning books that encourage extremism. The author believes that banning is not a solution. It is simply “dirty detective” work that should not be practiced by sheikhs.
Date of source: 23 Jul 2003
As part of an attempt to improve its image in the eyes of the Arab world, the US published a new magazine called "Hi" directed at Arab youth. Radio channel "Sawa [together]" is another attempt in the same direction.
The White House spokesman said that the US is involved in an intellectual war that...
Date of source: 29 Jul 2003
A Pakistani group called "The army of the Sahaba [Companions of the Prophet]" attacked a Shiite mosque in Quetta city on the fourth of July, leaving 48 people dead and 65 injured. The author deems the incident as one of the most severe massacres committed by groups that love blood shed. He believes...
Date of source: 28 Jul 2003
The author questions the ideological reconsideration, which Karam Zuhdi, the leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, expressed in an interview Asharq Al-Awsat had with him [See AWR, week 28, art.8 and week 29, art 13]. He stresses that he is not against such reconsideration but only questions whether...
Date of source: 23 Jul 2003
The Supreme State Security Court postponed the hearing of the lawsuit of Hizb Al-Tahrir [Liberation Party] to next Saturday. Three Britons are among the defendants.
[Similar news is reported by Al-Wafd, July 23, 2003 (p.11); Al-Ahrar, July 23, 2003 (p.8)]
Date of source: 23 Jul 2003
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemned Egyptian prison authorities for violating the rights of fundamentalist prisoners to have contact with the outside world. It issued a statement showing that political prisoners belonging to the Takfir Wa Al-Higra and the Jihad groups were...
Date of source: 29 Jul 2003
Whenever I listen to religious programs, I find that hosts attribute the political, economic and intellectual backwardness of Muslims and the lacking of human rights and diversity to one reason only and that is the non-application of the Islamic Shari’a. On hearing this, I ask myself: has the US,...
Date of source: 24 Jul 2003
For about twenty years now, I have indulged in studying the various ideological streams that emerged throughout Islamic history. This study created in myself a strong reluctance towards those I call "the slaves of the letter" and "the captives of imitation." The writings of imam Al-Ghazali are an...
Date of source: 26 Jul 2003
The saying that "kufar are one group" is one of the illusive absolutes. Muslims speak and write about it everyday as if it is an accomplished fact. The author explains that there are different groups of kufar [unbelievers] and not only one group, as many Muslims claim. He cites many Qur’anic verses...
Date of source: 24 Jul 2003
The article is an interview with Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research. He comments on the issues discussed in the 11th meeting of the council. He also comments on administrative issues related to the council.
Most important is that Al-Qaradawi...
Date of source: 28 Jul 2003
On the occasion of Dr. Nasr Abu Zeid’s recent visit to Egypt the author reviews the history of the case of Dr. Zeid which ended with a court verdict ordering a separation between Zeid and his wife. Due to Zeid’s jurisprudential research the court regarded him an apostate who has no right to be...
Date of source: 25 Jul 2003
On next Friday, Dr. Hamid Abu Zeid leaves Egypt and returns to his work in the Netherlands. Dr. Abu Zeid spent two weeks in Egypt in his first visit to his homeland since he left it eight years ago. Dr. Abu Zeid was forced to leave Egypt after the Court of Cassation endorsed the verdict ordering...
Date of source: 24 Jul 2003
In spite of all the attempts for reform made by the government, the problems Copts face are still regarded as a time bomb that may explode at any time. Why do we not defuse this bomb and solve these problems? These problems are not the concern of Copts alone, they are the concern of the whole...
Date of source: 27 Jul 2003
The [Coptic] Evangelical Organization for Social Services [CEOSS] and the Ministry of Awqaf organized a three-day seminar from 15 to 17 July for young pastors and imams. The author who participated in the seminar reflects on the meaning of national unity and the acceptance of the other as he...
Date of source: 26 Jul 2003
Everything shows that the US Administration has plans to control several places in the world. This includes petroleum, the first among the essential economic resources. The September 11 events helped to bring this plan into action. The US Administration and Zionism have made very good use of these...
Date of source: 27 Jul 2003
The remaining opinion of the author of the book on Muslims:
The second principle is about hatred. It is not enough that the Arab Muslim enemies have many traits but it must appear that it has extreme hatred towards America in particular. The book’s introduction quotes what was said in a videotape...
Date of source: 29 Jul 2003
The article gives an overview of a study on the Image of Islam in the Western media. The study reflects that the Western media considers Islam as a religion that:
1. Cannot co-exist with other religions and cultures.
2. Is confined to the past and stands against development and...
Date of source: 25 Jul 2003
Dr. Mona Makram Ebeid comments on the conditions of Muslim minorities in the US and Europe. She states that in the US there are seven million Muslims. However, the Zionist power over the American media plays an important role in restraining the media existence of the Muslim minority.
In the...
Date of source: 25 Jul 2003
The article is an interview with the chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America, Dr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani, president of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences. He speaks about the role of the council. The council is a body of 25 members and are qualified Islamic scholars who carry...
Date of source: 24 Jul 2003
The French Anti-Racism and Pro-Friendship among Peoples Organization condemned Internet sites that attack Arabs and Muslims considering this a form of racial discrimination. The organization issued a report about these sites and how Muslims are attacked through them.
Date of source: 22 Jul 2003
The Islamic Research Institute began following up Internet sites that attack Islam in order to respond to misinformation being published about Islam. Some of these sites publish a perverted version of the Qur’an and false claims about the Prophet Muhammad. Other claims are that Islam calls for...
Date of source: 25 Jul 2003
An Islamic school was recently established in the French city of Lille. The school will teach the ordinary French curricula in addition to Islamic curricula about the Arabic Language and the Arab-Islamic civilization. French authorities agreed on the establishment of the school making sure that...
Date of source: 26 Jul 2003 to 1 Aug 2003
Britain still involves itself with human rights cause and hosts suspicious conferences held under flashy titles. The last of these conferences is the first for detainees held in London for one day on July 12 at the Brondesbury Park Hotel.
The conference was organized by the International Committee...
Date of source: 6 Aug 2003
It is with the deepest sadness and alarm that I have learned of the confirmation by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire.
We have a great respect for the church in North America but we cannot comprehend a decision to elect...
Date of source: 14 Jul 2003
[Editor AWR: the letter was dated July 6 but sent out by the Copts Daily Digest on July 14. This was the text Abdallah Kamal of Rose el-Youssef refered to in AWR, 2003, week 29, art. 32. We did not edit the text of this letter.]
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 02:02:38
Mr. President,
A concern friend sent...
Date of source: 26 Jul 2003
In a call to the political leaders in Egypt, the Canadian Coptic Association addressed the phenomena of kidnapping the under age Coptic (Christian) girls in Egypt, forcing them to change their religion to Islam and marrying them to Muslim men [AWR editor: there is no evidence for such force,...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.