All the signs point to a decision that will overturn the recommendations of previous committees to build the Shehab El-Din Mosuqe in Nazareth.
it is doubtful if the committee is taking into account all the ramifications of the message that will be broadcast to the Israeli Arab public. The message will say that once again the government is breaking an agreement with its Arab citizens.


By Ori Nir, Haaretz, Feb 21, 2002

Vatican's representatives said that should the panel give the go-ahead to the mosque, it would prejudice the relations of the entire Jewish people with the Christian world.
Islamic representatives threatened that a decision to halt the construction will prompt severe protests and "they will continue with the construction any way".

Monday, Feb 18, Ori Nir, Haaretz

SAT-7 broadcasting group is a partnership of some 30 agencies, including the United Bible Societies, Campus Crusade for Christ and local churches in countries such as Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait

Dan Wooding, Assist Ministries

The Saudi Embassy has mailed out more than 5,000 padded envelopes -- bulky with videos and books about Islam -- to schools in the US
FBI Receives Calls Asking Whether the Padded Envelopes Are Safe to Open

By Emily Wax and Ian Shapira,Washington Post, Jan 30, 2002

The stones should not be so large that a person dies after being hit with two of them, nor so small as to be defined as pebbles, but must cause severe injury," it says. "This makes it clear that the purpose of stoning is to inflict grievous pain on the victim, in a process leading to his or her slow death."

By Patrick Goodenough, Religion Today, Feb 11, 2002

The trouble is reported to have broken out after church bells rang out - in defiance of warnings by Muslims that they should remain silent.
Two years ago 23 people were killed in sectarian clashes

BBC News, Sunday Feb 10, 2002

Katrina MacNab's friendship with many in London's growing Islamic community has given her a door to present the gospel. A widow in her 40s, MacNab challenges an aggressive Islamic mission campaigning successfully among both immigrants and black Londoners who have long-experienced Christianity as the "white man's religion."

Charisma News, Feb 5, 2002

Christian missionaries are developing a growing 'Messianic Jewish' movement in Israel. Shoshana Kordova reports on why they have had particular success in making inroads into the Russian immigrant community.

The Jerusalem Post, Jan 31, 2002

The permission was given to sell at the Cairo International Book Fair.
In Addition, the Bible Society had a very large advertisement for its "Abraham" video on the front page of Egypt's most popular daily newspaper.

by John M. Lindner, Christian Aid Mission