Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2006
Despite the considerable number
of fatwas
allowing bank dealings, some Muslims argue that bank interest is an adjusted form of usury
[Reviewer:
Ribā], which Islam regards as a major sin.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2006
The
European Union is now developing a new strategy to review the language it uses
to describe terrorists who
claim to act in the name of Islam.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2006
The Foreign Affairs Ministry in Denmark has released
6,500 documents, numbering 55,000 pages, related to the abusive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, which
were
published last year causing a big crisis.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2006
Their Graces
Bishops Aghathoun and Yousuf from the Monastery of Anbā Boula
Awwal al-Sawwāh [The Monastery
of St. Paul the First Hermit] are to be ordained as bishops in Brazil
and Bolivia. The ordination, the author says,
highlights the significant role Pope Shenouda III plays in
serving...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2006
The Qasr al-Doubāra
Evangelical Church Sunday celebrated the International Day of
Prayer with the participation of the Prayer League
and a large number of prominent Christian figures.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2006
The author writes
a short biography of Father Matta al-Miskīn [Matthew the poor],
the spiritual father of the Monastery of St.
Makarios in Wādī al-Natroun.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2006
An interview with Mustafa al- Zayyāt, member of al-Jam‘āt al- Islāmīya and the main attorney defending those accused of Islamic fundamentalism, concerning Ayman al-Zawāhirī whom he knew very well from the days they spent together in al-Qal‘a Prison.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2006
The book "Christian poets in the Arabian peninsula", written by Najīb Wahba, mainly
discusses
the origin of Arabs and the Arabic language and the nature of poetry in the pre-Islamic era, proving that
the Arabic language is not only for Muslims as some people claim, but is also a language for...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 5, 2006
At a press
conference,
preceding the opening of an exhibition of Tutankhamen monuments in Chicago a few days ago, the
secretary-
general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zāhī Hawwās, urged wealthy
businessman, John
Roe, to return a Pharaonic sarcophagus, which Roe keeps in his office...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2006
When first published, the “DaVinci Code” was banned from many Arab nations, including Egypt and Lebanon. The film version is now also being banned in many nations, but it will play in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. There is a fear, however, that the censoring of the film may serve to increase...