Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The Coptic
Orthodox Church
is currently celebrating the return of Pope Shenouda III to Egypt after undergoing spinal
surgery at the Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The celebrations coincided with
the 35th anniversary of His
Holiness’ enthronement as pope of...
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The author
expresses his view about the media during Ramadān. He says that television must concern itself
more
with religious and moral programs and series that present Islamic history, rather than trivial series
and shows
which keep the audience away from moral and spiritual values.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
This review presents the opinions of some intellectuals about offensive articles written against the Prophet’s companions. Some consider this to be an unforgivable sin, others refer to the Shī‘ah-Sunnī differences as a reason for it.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Copts in al-Muqattam protested against the
illegitimate arrests of four priests and relatives
of a Christian girl who converted to Islam and married a
Muslim.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
This review addresses the issue of the reported kidnapping of a 15-year old girl called Lorāns who is in her secondary school stage of education. Conflicting versions of the story have emerged: Sawt al- Ummah says Lorāns said that she was kidnapped by four men and a woman wearing a niqāb...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
AWR’s year report shows the tremendous amount of work carried out in 2006.
Comment on ‘Coptic Christian Fights Deportation to Egypt, Fearing Torture.’ in New York Times.
Report on conversion stories presented on VCD.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
This
report, written by several authors, deals with the beginning and
remarkable events in the life of the founder of
the Muslim Brotherhood and its first murshid, Hasan
al-Bannā. He still has a strong ideological
influence on this most prominent political group.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
Max Michel, who broke away
from the
official Coptic Orthodox Church and founded an independent church in the area of al-Muqattam, says in this
interview that sectarianism is now characterizing the way that Muslims and Christians deal with each other
and even
among Christians themselves.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Muhammad Fayyād, claimed that he had followed the advice of
his lawyer and sought ‘Azīz’s support to help him claim his right to the endowments. However
he alleges that he misused this to appropriate the disputed endowments. In response to these claims,
Ibrāhīm challenges the claimant to produce...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The author discusses the two day conference organized by Coptic author Kamāl Zākhir Mūsa about reform that is needed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Orthodox Church has been trying to prevent this conference from taking place but it will start on the same day that Pope Shenouda celebrates...