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Date of source: 5 Mar 2006
In a message sent to the Evangelical churches in Egypt, Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, [Editor: Many authors make this mistake. He is in fact head of the Protestant Majlis al-Mīllī in which most Protestant churches in Egypt are united]blamed church leaders for...
Date of source: 5 Mar 2006
In a telephone call with General Nasr al-Sayyid, under secretary of the Ministry of Health, officials of the Evangelical Church in Heliopolis offered the ministry help in teaching people about the dangers of the H5N1 virus.Nādīa Henry, head of the care committee at the church, confirms that the...
Date of source: 5 Mar 2006
There is an intimate connection between Christianity and miracles. Coptic stories or history books cannot be devoid of the spirit of monastic imagination or superstitions which belong to saints or martyrs of the church.Not long ago, miracles were attributed mainly to the Virgin Mary or the great...
Date of source: 5 Mar 2006
The author says that whenever a healing miracle takes place, people usually hail, voices sing, pens write and stories spread, but examines what happens when a miracle does not take place.Sharīfa Mas‘oud, holder of a Bachelor degree in European Civilization and diplomas of Education and...
Date of source: 7 Mar 2006
Karīma Kamāl thinks that the idea of discussing Copts’ issues publicly is highly sensitive amongst both Copts and Muslims.The author thinks that the majority of Copts prefer not to discuss their Personal Status Law publicly, while other Copts believe that civil courts use the Islamic sharī‘a in...
Date of source: 2 Mar 2006
Many governments today are exerting more efforts to deal with rumors in an organized constructive manner. Many scholars are also researching the psychological factors that help spread rumors, said the author in a news feature on rumors.The author said that Engineer Hishām Mustafa Khalīl, deputy...
Date of source: 3 Mar 2006
The spread of a recent rumor about the Nile being polluted with H5N1 bird flu virus has indicated the danger of rumors for the national security of Egypt. Scholars, intellectuals and parliamentary members have discussed the phenomenon.Hishām Mustafa Khalīl, a parliamentary member, has suggested...
Date of source: 3 Mar 2006
Many protests have erupted against the modifications to the regulations concerning human rights organizations. The Human Rights Committee of the People’s Assembly has suggested altering the human rights organizations in Egypt, making them fall under the authority of the NGO’s Law instead of the...
Date of source: 7 Mar 2006
Ayman al-Bishbīshī continues in the twelfth episode of his series of articles about “The Future of the Religious State in Egypt.” In this article, he gives a historical overview of Egypt during al-Khilāfa al-‘Abbāsīya [the Abbasid caliphate].
Date of source: 7 Mar 2006
[This book was published in January 2006, pp 304 with index, ISBN: 977-5378-53-2, Egyptian registration number 23139/2005]Jamāl al-Bannā, aged 85, is well known, mostly for being the brother of Hassan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, accused of the assassination of Nuqrayshī Pasha...
Date of source: 2 Oct 2007
We have placed Fahmī Huwaydī's excellent comment on the recent Muslim-Christian tensions in Alexandria in this issue [art 2], not waiting for a next issue because of the timeliness of this comment. See also our editorial in last week's AWR.
This issue of AWR covers a number of subjects that are...
Date of source: 11 May 2006
We were extremely pleased with the five–day visit of former Dutch prime minister Prof. Andreas van Agt to Egypt (May 5-9). Prof. Van Agt’s only reason for visiting Egypt was to support the development of the Center for Arab-West Understanding. Prof. Van Agt had hoped he would be able to launch the...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006 to 17 Mar 2006
According to the daily Rose al-Yousuf, the Western press branded the conference held in Copenhagen, financed by the Danish Foreign Ministry and called for by the Islamic dā‘iyas ‘Amr Khālīd and Tāriq al-Suwaydān as a failure.The conference was touted as an attempt to break the ice between the West...
Date of source: 8 Mar 2006
Jābir ‘Asfour tackles the crisis of freedom of expression in Arab societies from a political perspective, discussing the reasons behind the crisis, as well as its consequences on societies.He traces the current crisis back to a number of cultural, social, religious and political factors. He points...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
‘Would you write the name you’d like to use here, and your real name there?” asked the girl at reception. I had just been driven to a hotel in the Hague. An hour earlier I’d been greeted at Amsterdam airport by a man holding a sign with a pre-agreed cipher. I hadn’t known where I would be staying,...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
[Editor AWR: Excellent article]Funny people, the Austrians. If you’re Kurt Waldheim — a former Nazi military officer linked to a genocidal massacre during World War II — they elect you president. But if you’re David Irving — a British author who claimed that there never was a Nazi genocide during...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
Amīra Malash, 24, a journalist at the daily independent al-Fajr, has received a court ruling of one year of hard labor and a L.E.10,000 fine on the charge of libel against Judge ‘Atiyya Muhammad ‘Awad, judge at the a criminal court in Alexandria. According to al-Sharq al-Awsat, the verdict was...
Date of source: 13 Mar 2006
In the newspaper’s last issue, the story of a layer who helps Christian women who convert to Islam was published [AWR 2006, 10, art. 15]. The author says that they knew that by tackling such a thorny issue, the paper would be accused of provoking sectarian sedition.He adds that they received...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006
Tony Blair, the British prime minister, has stated that he joined the U.S. in Iraq according to God’s will, writes al-Rikābī [Editor: It was George Bush who allegedly said that God had told him to invade Iraq, not Tony Blair. Seehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006
The author states that given the recent terrible crimes in Iraq, with the escalation of Sunni - Shi’ite violence, many Lebanese fear that there is a danger sectarian fitna [Reveiwer: Strife] will spread to their country. This is particularly likely given the current situation in Lebanon and the...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
Rajab al-Bannā recalls the crises of the cartoons and the desecration the Qur’ān by American soldiers at Guantanamo Bay detention center.Al-Bannā points to an article issued in the American Herald Tribune newspaper on June 1, 2005. The article expressed astonishment at the violent reactions of...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
[Editor: This article is extremely one-sided, makes generalizations and contains factual errors]Sometimes I am brought up short by the clarity and courage with which someone else -- with more to lose than I have -- states a truth. I am a Catholic Christian, who often dismisses “secular humanists.”...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006
Influenced by the concept of the clash of civilizations, the Islamic madhāhib [denominations], especially the Shī‘a [Shiite] and the Sunnis are clashing in Iraq, writes ‘Abd al-Khāliq.
Since the Great Sedition [Reviewer: A rebellion happened after the assassination of the caliph ‘Uthmān Ibn ‘Affān...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006 to 17 Mar 2006
After a long strict isolation, women wearing the niqāb [Reviewer: A veil for Muslim women that covers the entire body and face] are now everywhere: in movie theaters, malls, clubs, stadiums and even around swimming pools on days that are not dedicated for women, writes Īqbāl al-Sibā‘ī in a two-page...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2005
The author argues that, in the twenty first century, some still argue that God did not order believing women to cover their bodies before marriageable men. They claim that any particular outfit is not essential and that women are free to wear whatever they desire. He says that they even doubt Qur’...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006 to 19 Mar 2006
Mustafa al-Khoulī says that differences between preachers on satellite channels have become so common, and that since preachers are reluctant to admit their mistakes, viewers get confused between fatwas. With the big increase in religious seminars on satellite channels, conflicting ideas and trends...
Date of source: 8 Mar 2006
‘Īd ‘Abd al-Halīm interviewed Islamic thinker and historian Dr. Mahmoud Ismā‘īl, professor of Islamic history at the Faculty of Arts, ‘Ayn Shams University, on the historical background of the Islamic religious state.Dr. Ismā‘īl commences the interview by confirming that calls for the establishment...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2017
Egyptian authorities have started an arrest campaign against members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. It is considered to be the largest campaign since that of early last summer, in which Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, head of the political section of the group, was put under arrest.According to al-Sharq...
Date of source: 8 Mar 2006
The author examines the question of whether Egypt is at a cross-road, whereby the country’s future is a choice between the ruling regime, and the Muslim Brotherhood, or whether there are a number of paths open, signifying the reawakening of society and the revival of politics.If the former is true...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
For the coming six months Austria will occupy the seat of the presidency of the European Union. At a meeting between the foreign affairs committee of the Press Syndicate and the Austrian ambassador in Cairo, Kurt Spellinger. Mr Spellinger stressed that, as president of the EU, Austria did not plan...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
Many have recently wondered about the Copts’ evident concern over the Muslim Brotherhood’s victory of 88 seats in the last parliamentary elections in Egypt. Why, exactly, are the Copts so upset, and would they stand against democracy if it works in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood?Actually, the...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
The author reports on the struggle in the Lawyer’s Syndicate between religious and political parties.He states that Mukhtar Nouh, formerly a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood has founded a group called ’Maan’ meaning ’together’, an anacronym for Defending Islamic Law. The group is an...
Date of source: 13 Mar 2006
‘Abd al-Jawwād Abu Kabb, a journalist, has finished a scenario of the first film about the parliamentary performance of the Muslim Brotherhood. It deals with social and political issues in a comic manner.The film exposes the role of the Guidance Bureau of the Brotherhood in choosing the candidates...
Date of source: 17 Mar 2006
Hamdī Rizq writes about the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to use a number of written, audio and visual media to act as a platform for the group.According to Rizq, the Brotherhood is attempting to persuade Yāsir Ramadān, the chief-editor and the head of the board of al-Usra al-‘Arabīya weekly newspaper...
Date of source: 9 Mar 2006
According to Khourī, many young French people who are fascinated to the East and Sufism tend to convert to Islam. She links the reasons to economic and social factors. Also, she believes that the feeling of belonging to new spiritual values, different to those with which young people have been...
Date of source: 9 Mar 2006
The Ministry of Education and Culture [Editor: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap] of the Netherlands has declared that it will grant the sum of € 2.35 million to start a project teaching the Islamic sciences at the University of Leiden.The project aims at helping imāms, Muslim...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2006
Muhammad Hilāl reports on the statements of Syrian-American dā‘iya Dr. Muhammad Bashār ‘Arafāt who has paid a visit to Cairo and who called for exerting efforts to reform the distorted image of Islam and to establish channels of understanding between the West and the Islamic world.
The visit of Dr...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2006
Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has declared his support for the suggestion of an Islamic consultative association to dedicate an hour for teaching Islam in Italian schools.The cardinal believes that it is the right of everyone to learn the...
Date of source: 17 Mar 2006
Karīma Suaydān raises a critical case of nominating Copts to sensitive positions. Dr. Mīrā Ra’ouf, a Coptic student at the faculty of medicine, pediatrics department, al-Minia University, got top grades in her specialty. Nevertheless, the council of the faculty refused to appoint her as an...
Date of source: 8 Mar 2006
Aminah al-Naqqash writes that for some months, Ulfat Shāfia has been fighting to be appointed as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, even threatening the university with a hunger strike. Her appointment has been refused because she is a member of the Egyptian...
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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.