Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama expressed sadness over the death of Pope Shenouda and described him as a prominent advocate of religious tolerance and dialogue.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also offered condolences to Egyptians over the demise of the pope,...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Amidst sadness gripping all Egyptians – Christians and Muslims alike, prayers over the deceased pope is beginning on Tuesday morning at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishops and top clergymen, who met on Sunday (March 18) for two hours, announced that the pope...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Former Deputy Shaykh of the Azhar Mahmūd ‘Āshūr categorically dismissed that the dīyah (blood money) should be offered to the martyrs’ families against their will, adding if the dīyah is accepted without any coercion then there would be nothing wrong with that.
“In premeditated murders, there has...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Egypt, the Arab world and the international community will pay last respects on Tuesday (March 20) to Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who died at the age of 89 on Saturday (March 17), after a celebrated life of achievements in the service of the nation. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, March 19, p. 1]...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Lawyers of the martyrs’ families called for applying “the severest penalty” – execution – against ousted President Husnī Mubārak, his sons Jamāl and ‘Alā’, former interior minister Habīb al-‘Ādlī and six of his top aides on charges of involvement in killing demonstrators during the January 25, 2011...
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2001
The fatwa concerning the legal position of Muslim-American military men with regard to participating in the American attacks on Afghanistan was issued before the start of the attacks. However, because it reached American-Muslim military men after the war had started it was wrongly understood to...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Different reports on whether or not Christians in Islamic countries are persecuted: 30.1 Hermann Schalück OFM Persecuted Christians? Introduction 30.2 Johannes Müller SJ Religious Freedom - Aspirations and Reality Reflections on the Complex Relationship between Christians and Muslims 30.3 Theodor...
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
The article gives an overview of the terrorist actions Ayman Al-Zawahri and his followers committed in Egypt. It also speaks about the reasons that led Al-Zawahri to blow up the Egyptian embassy in Pakistan.
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
Associating religion with a certain regime or institution wrongs religion and turns it into a mere temporary and worldly formula that stops at personal conflicts and financial interests. True religion does not focus on establishing regimes but cares in the first place about planting the true faith...
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The book "The New Crusader War" mentioned a fatwa to the effect that if the murderer of the innocent people in America is a Muslim, he has to pay half the diyya [compensation money] to the families of murdered Muslims and nothing more. Usama Bin Laden expressed the same opinion when he was asked...