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al-Usbūc reports on the opinions of Coptic figureheads on the new policy of the U.S. Administration to redistribute part of its aid to Egypt in order to be used in the building and renovation of churches. Copts, clergy, and laymen alike condemn the new policy and accuse it of aiming at disrupting...
Another controversial statement from Pope Benedict XVI reads: “There is one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and […] outside this church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins.” Reactions from churches in Egypt varied between denunciation and doubts about the authenticity of an alleged...
The first international Muslim-Christian dialogue conference opened Tuesday in Cairo. The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria opened the conference, organized by Saudi national Islamic institutions and the Middle East Council of Churches.
A debate was held at the Supreme Council of Culture about the religious communication in Egypt. Many intellectuals and men of religion in Egypt participated and expressed their viewpoints about the issue.
The article presents the transcript of a lecture for the Arab Thought Forum. It considers media distortions and mis-representation in the media that only serve to further antagonize Muslim-Christian relations and the perception of Islam and the Arab world in the West. Drs. Cornelis Hulsman explains...
The Center for Arab-West Understanding presents its annual report for 2006, highlighting the objectives achieved and the goals for the upcoming year. 2006 was landmarked by growing toward the Center for Arab-West Understanding, and laying the basis for an electronic documentation center.
The Abū al-Matāmīr tensions triggered a full-page article in Sawt al-Ummah newspaper claiming that Israel wants to declare a Coptic state in Upper Egypt or Hurghada. Other discussions followed the tensions, some of them very emotional.
In an unprecedented event in Egyptian cinema, Baheb al-Sima (I Love Cinema) portrays members of a Christian family as the protagonists in a film that deals with family relationships set in the 1960s. The film caused much controversy not only because it is the first film to show Christian as the...
A list of articles published in Arabic press available in Egypt on ?the passion of the Christ?.
For four concessive weeks, interest in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ? secured it a considerable space in Egyptian press. AWR provides a list of articles that discussed the film from various perspectives.

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