Cornelis Hulsman; a Dutch scholar on Arab-West relations and Editor-in-Chief of Arab-West Report first visited Egypt in 1975. Hulsman's line of work is primarily linked to Christian-Muslim relations and he strongly believes that religious issues and relations are an important element of intercultural dialogue and understanding. He has investigated tens of inter-religious tensions, and concluded that most tensions have their roots in social problems. These social issues may later adopt religious elements, because many religious Egyptians tend to invoke religious arguments into something that initially had nothing to do with religion.