Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
David D. Grafton is a Lutheran pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and a scholar of both Christianity and Islam. As a scholar Dr. Grafton is explicitly involved in interfaith relations as a graduate of Christian theology and a professor of Islamic Studies. While serving as pastor...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The article discusses the potential origins of the conflict surrounding the monastery of Abu Fana.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Arab-West Report presented a text for Wikipedia on the background of Abu Fana.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Ahmad al-Sa‘dāwī reports on a conference that will be organized in Cairo soon, which will discuss Coptic grievances.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2007 to Friday, August 31, 2007
Pope Shenouda denied what al-Miṣrī al-Yawm published as his opinion regarding both the conversion of Muḥammad Ḥijāzī and the Coptic expatriates’ organization. Pope Shenouda declared his denial in a meeting in the United States with representatives of major Coptic and Christian organizations.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Two 13-year-old Christian kids were forced to sit an Islamic education exam at school after their father’s conversion to Islam. Their mother filed a claim and complained to the civil status court.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The American Coptic Union, whose active members do not exceed ten in number, do not succeed in attracting others because Copts who get to know the organization later discover that it is an illusive entity.
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US investigators have accused two former convicts of murdering four members of an American family of Egyptian Coptic descent in January in an armed robbery in Jersey City, United States.
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The brutal murder of Husām Armanius and his family has attracted attention in the New York area and beyond.
On January 14, Armanius, his wife Amal Jaras, and their two young daughters, Sylvia, 15, and Monica, 8, were found bound and gagged in their Jersey City home, with their throats slit. There...
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An Egyptian family of four was found dead in their New Jersey home. The police found Husām Armāniyous, his wife, Amal Jirās, and their two daughters tied up and slaughtered, after Amal’s brother reported them missing. He had not been able to reach the family for two days.
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2007
The author records the establishment of the Coptic Church in countries of emigration.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Reflections on the life of Bishop Samuel on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Watani interviewed Samir Mitri Gayed, a member of the National Egyptian Heritage Revival Association (N.E.H.R.A), a pressure group which is keen on opening up religious tourism in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 6, 2006
With the
end of the Ḥizb Allāh-Israel war, which claimed nearly 900 lives on both sides, a number of Egyptian writers
have devoted several articles to the issue, raising questions about what they described as the short-sightedness of
the Ḥizb Allāh.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Reflections on the life of Abouna Matta El Meskeen and his influence on ecumenical monastic traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
Claims that Pakistani Christian children sold as slaves to fund Islamic militants and that the police have failed to take action, despite two Christian missionaries providing photographic evidence of children being sold.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
In an interview
with
al-Dustour, Egyptian preacher, ‘Amr Khālid, unveils an initiative to instill
moral values
and ethics into young people in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
The author analyses the statement of the
recent Coptic conference that
was held in Montreal, Canada, last April.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, minister of
awqāf,
will leave for Germany tomorrow to participate in a conference on religious dialogue in
Munich, Germany, May
16 "“ 17.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Ashley Makar writes about the concept of martyrdom in Egypt, the Alexandria incidents, where a Muslim man ran amuck with a knife, stabbing worshippers and killing one man and the image Egyptians have of ‘the other.’
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The author, in this introduction to a few articles dealing with Egyptian
Jews, reviews the
influence practiced by the Israeli lobby in the United States on American policymakers,
namely through the US
Religious Freedoms Committee.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2001
The
war in Afghanistan led to a division within an Egyptian family, Some of them live in Cairo and others live in New
Jersey. The family members living in Egypt are against America’s war on Afghanistan and the members living in
America support the war as one of them was working in the WTC and...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2001
The Taliban made the halting of American military threats a condition for releasing the eight aid workers accused of carrying out Christian missionary activities in Afghanistan. According to the Afghan Islamic News Agency, the Taliban would be ready to take any procedures regarding the release of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
The author argues that Pope Shenouda can do nothing more to stop Father Zakarīya Butrus attacking Islam, since Butrus is no longer part of the Coptic Orthodox church, and therefore does not fall under the pope’s authority.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2003
The author discusses the relations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the US throughout its history. He points out a recent study conducted by the political section of the group on the necessity of building bridges of communication between the group and the US. He comments on the meeting held...
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Investigations with members of Gund Allah [Soldiers of God] group showed that they were planning to bomb the American and Israeli embassies in Cairo. Some of them were able to enter the US embassy more than once with the claim of requesting entry visas to the US.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Al-Ahram interviewed Pope Shenouda in Canada. He spoke about the issue of building churches after the instructions made by President Mubarak and the suspended cases of Coptic personal status. He also spoke about the objectives of his visits to the USA and Canada as well as the relation between the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The article deals with the issue of Zakarīyā Butrus, a defrocked Coptic priest who attacks Islam on the satellite channel al-Hayāt, a matter which Bishop Bīshouy, the secretary of the Coptic Holy Synod, said runs counter to Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Members of the Egyptian community denounced the use of any organization or country to interfere in the nation’s domestic affairs, affirming or Christians.
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Meunir claims that he speaks on behalf of 700,000 Copts in the United States although recent official statistics assert that there are less than 150,000 Americans of Egyptian origin. Supported by Senator Brownback, he urged the Egyptian government to make the Coptic language, along with Arabic, an...
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 2004
The sheikh of the mosque was shocked when he found out that the some of his worshippers were actually FBI agents who used to frequent the mosque until one day, they revealed their identity and arrested some worshippers. Muslims must defend their religion against the terrorist groups that are taking...
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2005
Father Sirgius of the Papal secretariat stated that he telephoned Pope Shenouda in New Jersey to ask about his health after two operations.He said that reports regarding the Pope being paralyzed are groundless.
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2005
A previous article tackled the issue of sectarian rifts. It highlighted the fact that it has been a losing battle. But their producers never give in, though they know their product is not selling.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Seven weeks after the discovery of a Coptic Christian family, found slain in their Jersey City home, police have arrested two felons in connection with the grisly murder that horrified a nation and garnered almost constant media coverage. On Friday 4 March 2005, Edward McDonald, 25, and Hamilton...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
The Community Council [Majlis al-Milli] of the Diocese of Luxor and Armant Isnā held a commemoration service for the Egyptian family, which fell victim in the dreadful massacre that took place in Jersey City, the USA.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is an extremely wise and intellectual man, a unique person who knows and understands a lot. He has a long living memory that goes back in history.
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
The article is about the four Egyptians who died at the attacks of the September 11. The author believes that their death proved that terrorism does not differentiate between an Egyptian and a foreigner, or between a Muslim and a Christian.
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
News often gets reported without checking the facts. This is what WorldNetDaily.com did when it reported about the press release of the US Copts Association. Press releases such as this one create confusion and make Copts in the US grow apart from Copts in Egypt. Some activists in the US believe...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Egypt’s General Consul in the USA gave a reception in the Egyptian Consulate to welcome Pope Shenouda. The Pope pointed out the warm welcome that President Mubarak’s visit to the USA was met with, on the part of emigrant Copts. He stressed that the Copts of Egypt are all right and that they are...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Most of the Coptic organizations abroad do not hide their readiness to cooperate with Israel to reach their targets. For them Israel is like any western country they resort to. The members of Californian Coptic Organization reject completely the idea of establishing a Coptic state in Upper Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Hundreds of Copts who live in North American took to the streets outside the White House to protest the Egyptian government’s sponsored persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt. The demonstration took place while President Mubarak was inside the White House meeting with President Bush. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Excerpts, selected by Al-Ahram, of a message from Pope Shenouda to the Copts in American before President Mubarak’s visit to the USA. Pope Shenouda writes President Mubarak is concerned about national unity and the concerns of the Copts. Pope Shenouda also praises the appeal of the Prosecutor...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Bishop Yo’annes visited Jersey City and asked the people in a general meeting to meet president Mubarak in a nice way when he comes here in the States. Unfortunately, some people became very angry and refused all what the pope secretary was trying to say.
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
The minority that had organized the two marches in front of the United Nations building in Washington got negative results. The moderate majority expressed their rage and rejected these marches and dealing with a fanatical Zionist organization. Among the actions taken to express this rage is the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2000 to Friday, January 7, 2000
Subtitles: They used a disagreement between me and him and threatened me to deport me if I did not cooperate with them. They accused me of leaking a statement issued by Sheikh Omar from prison urging his followers to avenge him... Three days later the Gamaa Al-Islamiyya carried out the massacre in...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Lebanon’s Cedar of the Martyr war memorial, hidden away in the mountains, is better known to Americans than local Lebanese. Among the hundreds of stones commemorating victims of the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war there is one for the 241 US marines killed in a suicide bombing in Beirut in 1983.
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 1999 to Friday, June 18, 1999
The Freedom House shows much concern about what is happening in Egypt, China and Vietnam, not paying the least attention to Israel’s practices. Also other groups are mentioned in the article. The conclusion of the author is that there are many slanders, some people are really making money out of...
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 1999
[Note: The same news was published in all Egyptian newspapers of that day.]
On the morning of June 3, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak received the Grand Imam Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi the Sheikh Al-Azhar, and 19 prominent muslim clerics at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis yesterday morning...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 1999
In the United States of America, the world’s patron of the rights of religious minorities and initiator of the principle of sanctions against countries with oppressed Christian minorities, the number of incidents of racial discrimination and cases of harassment against Muslims of Arab or non-Arab...
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 1999
Why don’t both the Pope and Sheikh Al-Azhar write a joint book on the combined issues of heavenly religions? Issues of tolerance, mutual love, discarding violence, religious freedoms etcetera, because this book would help in paving the road of mutual love and brotherhood between the children of the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
A list of those championing Coptic rights reads like a veritable "who’s who" of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim causes.
Date of source: Sunday, December 13, 1998
The emigration of Copts to the US and other countries in Europe and Australia started to increase in the beginning of the sixties. They looked for a better environment and a way of making a living. Some of them emigrated for personal reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Because of the attack of Selim Naguib, the RNSAW included the full text of the Report of the Council of Churches which concludes "It does not appear that the national government condones any acts of persecution of the Christian minority in Egypt." But " This is not to say that there is no...