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Bishop Mounir Anis, Episcopal Bishop of Egypt, sent us the following documents: - Archbishop to sign Anglican-Muslim agreement, - Text of the dialogue agreement between al-Azhar al-Sharif and the Anglican Communion, - Speech delivered at the American Embassy in Cairo for the Memorial Service of 11...
The Islamic Fiqh [jurisprudence] Council issued a statement that condemned terrorism with all its forms and criticized the unjust media campaign against Islam. The statement warned that such campaigns help to evoke the claims of the crusades in the West.
Adler addresses the election victory of Hamās, and also the prevalence of Islamic movements across the Middle East. He notes that their prime goals are political, rather than religious, and that they have had a major impact on the status quo of Middle Eastern geopolitics.
Mahmoud al-Touhāmī explains that the current confusion in analyzing the situation in Palestine is due to the assumption that Hamās will turn their electoral campaign slogans into policies. He believes that this is not necessarily true, because these slogans are just a gateway to power.
On September 7, Israeli newspapers published the text of a letter of senior Israeli rabbis directed to the head of the Israeli cabinet, Ariel Sharon. The letter urges Sharon not to hesitate to harm Palestinian civilians in the ongoing confrontations in the occupied territories.
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...
The events of September 11 may push the world to adopt the idea of the clash of civilizations, but they also emphasize the need for dialogue between and among civilizations. I do not accept the idea that the future carries increasing violence, deeper bitterness and spiteful dialogues between and...
Dr. Larry Levine responds to questions about different Jewish denominations, conversion to Judaism in the past and the Israeli Law of Return.
It was an astonishing and embarrassing episode to see the absence of the Arab World from the battle for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. Only Palestinian academics pursued the efforts to continue the British academic boycott against Israeli academia.
The article discusses three points: the biases and assumptions of the Western media and its thinking about the Arab world, the limits on political and press freedom in Egypt and the style of journalism this produces in Egypt and what the press can do to improve the image of Egypt.

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