Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2007
The Kifāyah movement is organizing marches protesting the new constitutional amendments. Meanwhile, the movement is experiencing serious internal disputes.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
‘Ubayd discusses the history of various forms of Christianity, from Arab Christians to Eastern Christians, and the problems that are still remain to overcome.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd introduces himself to readers of AWR, wanting to dedicate his efforts “towards a mission of progress energized by a will to see obscurantism defeated, fanaticism vanquished and poverty conquered.” “Writing,” Dr. ‘Ubayd writes, “associated with a fair degree of research, put...
Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict will start a four-day visit to Turkey amidst growing protests in Istanbul and Ankara. Tens of thousands took to the streets and chanted anti-pope slogans, expressing their fury at the pope’s remarks on Islām which he made two months ago in a lecture at the University of...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
British author William Dalrymple showing rapid decline of Christianity in the Middle East.
Episcopal Bishop Munīr Hanna Anis explaining the consequences of rumors in Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
AWR cooperates with interns, institutions and diplomatic missions.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Dr Jan Slomp, member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs in Djeddah/London, recommends the work of the Centre for Arab West Understanding, acknowledging that its use of reliable information is working towards strengthening Muslim/Christian relations by...