Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2001
This is not just an interview. It is an attempt to break the silence and conspiracy over Nasr Hamed Abu-Zeid being sent into exile. How long will Nasr Abu-Zeid remain in exile? Who has benefited from changing an intellectual and researcher into a "cultural refugee"? Why does his leaving Egypt now,...
Date of source: Saturday, January 13, 2001
Toine van Teeffelen writes this time in his diary about the problem of emigration. The situation for Palestinian youth does not look very promising and they are trying to find opportunities in other countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001
A Moroccan Muslim preacher, living in Holland, pointed out the status of Muslims there and the support the Dutch Churches Organization has given them. When they were incapable of finding a place to build the first mosque in Holland, the Organization rented them a corner in a church and for the...
Date of source: Monday, January 8, 2001
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas on January 7. The Saturday evening mass, which lasted 2.5 hours was broadcast live on Egyptian TV. Many prominent Egyptians were present. Channel 3, interviewed Pope Shenouda, the Grand Imam and others about national unity. Of course, both Muslims and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2001
Introducing AWR press reviews. Growing media attention for RNSAW work.
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2000
Salah Al-Din Mohsen, who was informed he would be tried again for disdaining Islam, tried to escape to Turkey but was arrested at Cairo airport. He said that he intended to leave Egypt because he was certain that this time he was going to be imprisoned. He still believes in every single word he has...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2000
The author criticizes an article by a Dutch Sociology Professor which she describes as a warning for the danger of Islam on society. The article is said to describe Muslims as being cruel, barbarian and backward. The author believes the article reflects European racism against Arabs.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2000
Since the outbreak of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, hundreds of Christian Arabs have left their homes with the help of foreign embassies. Foreign embassies will not say how many Christian Arabs they have aided. An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that about two-thirds of the dual...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2000
Fawzy Tag El-Din wrote in the Sout Al-Azhar of October 6 about Coulson’s work on Malik Ibn Anas and says he is a Dutch orientalist who is skeptical about the Sunna. The RNSAW consulted two scholars at Leiden University, which has a centuries old tradition of the study of Islam and Arabic. Dr. J.J.G...
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2000
In this article, the author explains the reasons behind the decision of the court in the case of the writer, Salah Eddin Mohsen, whose articles are provocative to Islam. He is of the opinion that the sentence was based on general principles and Shari’a [Islamic law].