Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2005
The word dhimmi refers to a free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country, who receives protection in the Muslim society after paying a special tax. The practice raises questions about non-Muslims’ rights in a Muslim country, particularly because historical Islam did not usually antagonize the...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2005
Has the Saudi international conference on counter-terrorism conformed to the US vision of launching a war on terrorism? Was it really a new important step on the road to combating terrorism inside and outside the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia].
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2005
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted delegates from over 50 countries, including 15 from the Arab World, for the first International Conference on counter-terrorism.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2005
Al-Sharq al-Awsat learned that the forensic evidence in the case of the slain Coptic American family of Egyptian origin indicates the motive of robbery rather than the alleged sectarian motivations.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2005
We are being threatened by many American knives, and every day, we bleed. Freedom is restricted in the name of democracy and the defense of human rights. Last Wednesday January 5, 2005, the US State Department issued its first controversial Report on Global Anti-Semitism. The report condemns many...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 25, 2005
Article about al-Zāwiya al-Hamrā and the consequences of the Muslim-Christian tensions in the late seventies for life in this area.
Egyptian media about the alleged conversion of the wife of a priest in Abū al-Matāmīr.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2004
A description of the history of the conflicts around the development of the convent of Patmos on the Cairo-Suez road. This text was written in May 2003 and presented to the Egyptian press center in the hope to get a response from Egyptian authorities. This response has not come.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2004
AWR asked His Grace Bishop Botros to respond to the incident which killed one Christian worker.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2004
Report of a visit to the location of the incident just hours after one Christian worker had been killed at the Patmos convent. The report describes the local situation, angry responses of local Christians and conflicting stories
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2004
Al-Wafd starts a series of articles on the future of movements of political Islam in Egypt, their attitude towards democracy, participation and circulation of authority. In this article it reviews the most important Islamic movements that adopted violence in order to reach power and their attitude...