Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Angry reactions to Pope
Benedict’s remarks on Islam and the Prophet
Muhammad continued for a second week. Some Muslim figures,
including Iranian President Ahmadinejad and
Malaysian Prime Minister ‘Abd Allāh Ahmad
Badawī, have accepted the pope’s regret at the
furious reactions to his remarks...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.
Date of source: Thursday, August 21, 1997
(2) The pope working on the issue of equality
between
Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary!(3) A large campaign to win a public approval ... sectarian
disputes yet to come (4) America asks why the Virgin Mary is so loved, so sacred, and so
influential?(5) Four hundred appearances of the Virgin Mary...
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 1997
According to the paper, the Roman Catholic Church is worried about the great number of conversions to Islam.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The statements of the pope about Islam confirm “many often heard prejudices about Islam” says Prof. Wagīh, who is a member of the Higher Islamic Council of Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006
Arab-West Report Editor in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, asked Archbishop Fitzgerald, the Catholic nuntius in Egypt, about the statements of Pope Benedict on Islām. Archbishop Fitzgerald speaks Arabic, knows the Islamic world well and plays Qur’ān important role in Muslim-Christian dialogue. The...
Date of source: Thursday, June 29, 2006
The author, who is the press advisor of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, reviews some of the Pope’s main characteristics.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Elizabeth Yell reviews an article, given to AWR by Dr. ‘Alī al- Simmām, head of the Committee of Dialogue and Islamic Relations in the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, which he found to be highly significant on the changing attitude of the Vatican towards Christians in the Middle East.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
AWR writes about claims that Muslims are funding the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’, and calls for one standard for all, pointing out that Muslims alone should not be attacked for cashing in on ‘The Da Vinci Code’, since Christian publishing houses have also published the book.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2001
The head of the Lebanese government asked the new Papal Ambassador in
Lebanon to send his condolences to Pope John Paul II, for the attack on Christians in Pakistan. He stated that
those who stand behind such operations have the intention of dragging the world into a struggle between its...