Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
This is the text of a lecture delivered in London by the general administrator of the Latin Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Father William Shomali, representing Latin Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabah of Jerusalem, during the investiture of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher of England and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
Through an imaginary dialogue between the author and two of his friends, he gives the pros and cons to the idea of establishing an Islamic party for the Muslim Brotherhood. While one of the friends is of opinion that announcing such a party will push the country two hundred years back in time, the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2000
Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef passed away, 77 years old, on November 16 after several years of ill health. The author writes about some of his personal experiences with the bishop who was a man striving for Christian unity and dialogue with Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2000
In response to reports from Israel that Palestinian Christians are fleeing the areas under control by the Palestinian Authority, presumably out of fear for Muslims, Drs. Hulsman found that it may be good to tell the story of Father Philloumenos from the Greek Orthodox church about Jacob’s well.
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2000
Dr. Bayoumi says Dr. Abu Halabiya should have distinguished between Judaism and Christianity as a religion, which Islam does not oppose, and Jews attacking Muslims. Muslims, he says, should defend themselves against such attacks.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2000
The presidency of the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue, and the official Islamic institutes in Morocco, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, are working together to stimulate the Vatican to present the Muslims an official apology. The reason behind asking such an apology, is the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 29, 2000
A list of the twenty-one Christians killed in the recent riots in Al-Kosheh sent out by the Coptic Association of the UK. The list is reproduced here unedited by the RNSAW.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Cornelis Hulsman met with both Hanaan Al-Badry and members of the Coptic Union in Washington in June 1999 and believes that the polarization between the two is reflected in the article Al-Badry wrote which in turn may have a reflection on Muslim readers of Rose el-Youssef.