Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2014
There are a number of religious scholars and preachers who were once representative of the beauty of Islam, and now have lost most of their popularity and legitimacy with their involvement in politics. Politics either has gotten the best of them, or burned them completely from the public sphere
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2014
Interim President of Egypt Adly Mansūr visited Saint Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abbasiyyah yesterday to offer his best wishes for the Christmas celebrations. He was the first president to visit the cathedral since Anwar al-Sādāt 42 years ago. Pope Tawadros delivered a speech to mark the visit, attended...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2018
An article in memorium of Metropolitan Bishop Bishoy (1942-2018)
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 3, 2018
Cornelis Hulsman was impressed by two articles of Maged Atiya [Mājid ʿAṭiyya], a Coptic Orthodox American who was born and raised in Egypt before migrating to the USA. Maged Atiya writes about the impact of Coptic migrants to the USA on Egypt. They remained politically involved but often with an...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2015
Yesterday I received the unexpected news that Ezzat al-Salamony (ʿIzzat al-Salāmunī) died ... back in August. He was a leader in al-Gama'a al-Islamiya (the Islamic Group), designated a terrorist entity by the United States. I was able to interview him a couple of times.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2012
‘Abbūd al-Zumur, a leading member of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah and one of the convicted persons in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sādāt, filed a lawsuit at the State Council demanding a court ruling obliging the interior minister to remove his name from any criminal...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 27, 2011
One of late President Anwar al-Sadāt's assassins, 'Abūd al-Zumur, has just been released after serving thirty years in jail, and he has given several interviews.
Al-Zumur does not deny that any Muslim will meet a tragic end like Sadāt's if he/she digresses from the 'right path of Islam'....
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2008
Tariq ‘Abbās pessimistically discusses the loss of Egyptian antiquities. ‘Abbās adds that there have been 16,600 robberies of Egyptian antiquities in the ten year period of 1993 to 2003. He called for holding the Higher Council of Antiquities accountable for the honest scientific registration of...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2008
The author discusses the importance of language, particularly as it relates to the mis-communication that can often happen when languages are being translated due to cultural differences that may not necessarily hold true across cultures and languages.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2008
The author criticizes the Islamic Research Academy’s statement regarding the movie entitled, ’al-Sādāt’.