Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
Prof. Dr. Tareq Mitri, Coordinator Interreligious Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW, calls for caution against political misuse of a theological discussion.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
Some people try to make of the Qur’an a scientific book. This is radicalism because what if the scientific facts they claim being there in the Qur’an are not precious? And if they are precious why Muslim scientists did not discover them before other non-Muslim scientists who know nothing about the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2001
On the occasion of the Coptic New Year’s Day, the Christian Church of Egypt gave a presentation in the auditorium of UNESCO, Paris, under the title of Le Nil Eternel (The Eternal Nile).
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Anglican General Synod of Australia accepted a resolution speaking about persecution of Christians in Egypt. The resolution was accepted without consulting the Anglican bishop in Cairo or Anglican experts in England who are well acquainted with the church in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Two new members have joined the Advisory Board of the RNSAW. They are Dr. Tareq Mitri, the Program Executive for Christian-Muslim Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, and Dr. Arne H. Fjeldstad, a Norwegian scholar with a Ph.D. in Internet Communications.
Date of source: Friday, September 21, 2001
The interdenominational Maadi Community Church in Cairo, Egypt, organized a memorial service for all victims of the recent tragedies in the USA. Father Doug May ended the memorial service with the prayer of St. Francis.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradwi was harshly attacked because of his fatwa allowing non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their non-Muslim husbands. The author believes that ijtihad should suit the spirit of the age and the tolerance of Islam. Otherwise, Muslims will be representing an...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The article sheds light on the Hodaybeia peace treaty, which the republican representative of California, Tom Lantos attacked. The Azhar scholar stressed that in the Hodaybeia treaty, Mohammed made many political sacrifices in order to prove to the Jews that he did not desire war but peace.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2001
The Guidance Office of the Muslim Brotherhood refused to allow one of the group’s lawyers to file a lawsuit demanding the application of article 48 [of the Penalties Law] to help release those who were convicted in the case of the professional syndicates.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2001
Some people think that Sheikh Amr Khalid is the product of the government that tries to steal the spotlight from the real scholars. Some say he is a temporary phenomenon. He was once classified as being a member of the Brotherhood. Khalid’s supporters say his preaching for the elite serves social...