Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The author discusses the pope’s recent visit to Turkey, and emphasizes the intellectual
battle raging between the West and the religious ideology of today, both in the Vatican and in militant Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
During his visit to Turkey, which witnessed tension, the Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI praised Turkey’s recent policy changes toward minorities, saying that this was enough to allow Turkey’s entrance in the EU.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
In this article, the author discusses Pope Benedict’s
visit to Turkey, highlighting its main political implications and problem’s surrounding Turkey’s
membership in the EU.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The Egyptian press has widely covered the four-day visit that Pope Benedict XVI paid to Turkey from November 28 to December 1, 2006 in an obvious attempt to heal the wounds opened by his earlier "offensive" remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. According to political analysts, the pontiff’s...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The
author admires the courage of Monk Dīmīanūs for admitting
Islam’s tolerance and wanting us
to learn to respect the other’s doctrine and view.
Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict will start a four-day visit to Turkey amidst growing protests in Istanbul and Ankara. Tens of thousands took to the streets and chanted anti-pope slogans, expressing their fury at the pope’s remarks on Islām which he made two months ago in a lecture at the University of...
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
October presents the opinion of Uri Avnery, an Israeli author, writing
about the “conflict of civilizations.” October writes that Avnery has shown support to the Prophet of Islām
and
Muslims against false accusations and mistrust promoted by the head of the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Europe’s rejection to Turkey’s entry into the European Union because of its Islamic values.
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of
jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen
Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it."
Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the ordination of women in various Christian denominations and traditions.