Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2001
Revd. Dr. John Watson commented on the report of Dr. Rodolph Yanney on conversions of Christians to Islam [RNSAW, 2001, week 01, art. 4]. He believes that it is better for internal investigation of this topic to be conducted by the Copts in Egypt, but not by the hierarchy. The issue needs to focus...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Dr. Rodolph Yanney, president of the Society of Coptic Church Studies and founder and editor of Coptic Church Review in 1980, gave the RNSAW permission to bring his articles in the Copts Digest and the Coptic Daily Digest, published in 1999, together in one report describing the factors leading to...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2000
Salah Al-Din Mohsen, who was informed he would be tried again for disdaining Islam, tried to escape to Turkey but was arrested at Cairo airport. He said that he intended to leave Egypt because he was certain that this time he was going to be imprisoned. He still believes in every single word he has...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
American Islamic organizations are no longer limiting their efforts in defending the rights of Muslim ladies who wish to wear the veil for religious reasons but face lots of difficulties. These organizations have expanded their efforts to defend the right of the Christian ladies to wear "the...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd delivered this lecture upon accepting the prestigious Cleveringa professorial chair at Leiden University in The Netherlands with the request to teach justice, freedom and responsibility and especially the freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. The lecture discussed the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2000
Through an interview with Yasser Al-Serri, one the most famous Egyptian extremists, now living in London, the writer exposed the opportunism of the extremists and their mercurial ability at tailoring the Halal and Haram [permitted and forbidden according to Islam] to suit their purposes. While...
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2000
The author believes that the anti-Jewish and Christian sermon in Gaza is dispisable but it is unfair to use this to denounce Muslim leaders in general. Many Christian Palestinians play a prominent role in their society and are like their Muslim compatriots opposed to Israeli policy.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2000
The article relates the story of a first year preparatory school student, whose French school prevented her from entering the classroom because she was wearing a hijab. While the student’s father confirmed that what the school did clashes with the principle of personal freedom, the school insists...
Date of source: Sunday, April 26, 1998
This is the full text of the summary published in Watani, April 26, 1998
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In this article the author reviews the conversion experience of a Jew who converted to Islam