Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2001
The Italian embassy in Riyadh announced that the Italian ambassador in Saudi Arabia had converted to Islam at the beginning of this current month of Ramadan.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
Shebl says the series of "Awan Al-Ward" led to discussions that Egyptians were in dire need of. Before the disaster of 1967 [in reference to the defeat of the six day war], there were no discussions about the relationship between Muslims and Christians. People were dealing with their companions on...
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
In the sixth year of the Hijra, the Prophet Mohammed sent messages to neighboring kings and princes inviting them to join Islam. One of those kings was Al-Moqawqas, the head of the Copts in Egypt. Al-Moqawqas’ reply to Mohammed was sending him two slave women of great position among Copts and...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
From the very beginning, Egypt was never far from Islam. It was not a surprise to Egypt when Muslim armies were marching into it. There was not a single Muslim, during and after the Prophet’s life, who was not certain that Egypt would be opened up by Muslims...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 1999
Dr. Mustafa Al-Shakma in an interview with Atef Abdel-Ghany, talks about the forthcoming celebrations of the fourteen-hundredth anniversary of Egypt’s entry into the Islamic world. He insists that the people of Egypt were not forced to adopt Islam after its Fath [opening up of the land by Muslims...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
It is time to do Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid justice and give him his credit back and remove the injustice done to him. We need his mind, his thinking and his personal interpretation in a phase in which Egypt suffers of the scarcity of intellectuals and lives a mixed and mingled reality that needs big...
Date of source: Thursday, August 13, 1998
In the previous articles in Usbua reference was made to this article. The RNSAW found the text and translated it for its readers. Maurice Sadek is accused of demanding foreign intervention to protect the Copts of Egypt. Sadek explains his views.
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 1998
Converts to Islam in America are increasing steadily and becoming more outspoken in their defense of it.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Dr. Yehia Ismail attacks Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi for defending Dr. Hassan Hanafi. In a comment on this article Dr. van Nispen argues that this attack of Dr. Ismail is unfair because he takes quotes of Hanafi out of context.