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2. Dr. Isaac Fanus remembering Dr. Otto Meinardus
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs freely spoke his mind about the issues he found important. Dr. Fānūs was critical about ecclesiastical institutions and leadership, including those in his own Coptic Orthodox Church. In this interview religions are described as societal entities that humans have created and...
1. Editorial
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2007
Comment on lack of tolerance for differences in views, often related to religious principles and displayed in various media. Two Cairo lectures by William Dalrymple show a strong Christian population decline in the Arab World.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2007
AWR’s last interview with the late Dr. Isaac Fānūs. Comments on self-censorship, such as that of Dr. Otto Meinardus’ differences in writing and saying, which makes it hard for students of the church in Egypt to get a good understanding of the church’s position. Father Basilius of the Monastery of...
1. Editorial
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2007
Sanā’ al-Sa‘īd conducted an excellent interview with H.H. Pope Shenouda, who said dialogue among religions should not tackle differences in beliefs since this lead to unnecessary disputes.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away. Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting. Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write. Remarks...
1. Editorial
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 8, 2007
Continuation of the discussion about a takfīr PhD thesis of an Azhar scholar against Rose al-Yūsuf. Recommendation of an interesting comment on the discussions on freedom of expression. A comment that addresses the often heard religious belief that interpretations of religious texts cannot and...
2. NGO status after three years of struggle
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2007
The founders of the Center for Arab-West Understanding are extremely glad with the February 18 ruling of the Egyptian Council of State that our center should be recognized as an NGO under Egyptian law. This ruling concludes a period of three years of struggle to obtain this status. CAWU is...
1. Editorial
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 7, 2007
Council of State rules in favor of NGO status. Circulating rumors about Bishop Kyrillos of Naj al-Hammādī followed by demonstrations. PhD thesis declares Rose al-Yūsuf apostate, showing great divide between liberal minded journalists and traditionalist Islamic scholars.
9. Apostasy from Islam to obtain asylum?
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2002
Asharq al-Awsat reports that the statements of Hirsi Ali against Islām were seen by members of Muslim communities as a trick, deployed in order to gain asylum. Dutch journalist Eildert Mulder, who interviewed Ali, does not believe that this allegation is true

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