Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2009
Publisher: Uitgeverij Meinema, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands (2009) Translator: Sandra Heijden Editor: Alexander Wamboldt The preface to Eildert Mulder and Thomas Milo’s 2009 book ’The Contested Sources of Islam’, where the authors introduce the four German revisionist historians whose theories...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
This article gives a brief background on the various Christian communities in the Middle East, emphasizing the decline of the Christian population over the last century. This is a result of emigration to western Europe and America, driven by several factors, among them persecution
Date of source: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tariq Heggy discusses the rise of Wahhābism and the encroachment of extremist understanding of Islam upon moderate Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, May 23, 2009 to Friday, May 29, 2009
The author comments on Bishop Bīshūy’s book responding to ‘Azāzīl.
Date of source: Sunday, March 22, 2009
The U.S state department has issued a new report on the state of human rights in different countries around the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
This article sheds light on the role of Christianity in Arab policy. It emphasizes Tāriq ‘Azīz’s role in modern Iraqi history.
Date of source: Sunday, March 15, 2009
Rose al-Yūsuf continues to reveal the Muslim Brotherhood’s plans to control the educational institution and have more influence over students.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The disagreement over a political issue between two states does not mean incurring enmity between the peoples of the two states. This was asserted by Patriarch Gregorios III Lahhām and Girgis Ibrāhīm Sālih, general secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr and discussed Christian emigration from Egypt, the need to build up Egypt into a democratic state again and the importance of dealing with Egyptian problems within Egypt and not as a result of foreign interference.
Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman, co-founder of Arab-West Report, is planning to return to The Netherlands in September 2009 and has decided that the AWR editorials will be written with the English language editor. Gaza has obviously been a recurrent theme in many of the articles in this week’s issue and that is...