Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2006
‘Ubayd discusses the history of various forms of Christianity, from Arab Christians to Eastern Christians, and the problems that are still remain to overcome.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2006
Using the example of the differences between Ghana and South Korea, which in the 1960s had similar incomes per head, but which had completely diverged by the 1990s, Amartya Sen argues that one should avoid attributing the difference simply to culture, أ la Huntington. Sen then challenges...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2006
Dr. Zaynab Muhammad Ra’fat writes that amid the campaign against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by some Western figures, a number of distinguished Western scholars and historians have shown great respect for the prophet.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2005
London, unlike other cities of the world, is the real capital of the world. A city where all religions and doctrines, even Sufism, Buddhism and Confucianism, peacefully coexist. Extremist and moderate Islamists have found refuge, built their own mosques and founded charity and non-charity...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2000
The author writes about peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He recounted how Jews, Christians and Muslims, met in the Latin (Roman Catholic) Church of Beit Sahour, on the 5th of November 1989 despite a closure of the area in order to pray for peace and wishes this were possible today.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2000
The issue of Coptic candidates is now being debated and Coptic intellectuals, like Milad Hanna, reject the idea of isolating Copts and keep them waiting until the end of the nomination decision. The author listed many names expected to take part in the next election campaign and compared the...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 9, 2000
The seizure of Saad Zaghloul and his three companions on March 8, 1919 was the spark that started the Egyptian revolution against the British - a revolution that showed the unity of the people of Egypt. It was the unity of the Hilaal and the Cross in Jihad [holy war] and sacrifice when Muslims and...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2000
In this article which is a continuation of the interview reported in Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami last week Milad Hanna argues that Egypt has a unique cultural identity which is the reason for the good relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt since the entry of Islam into Egypt.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 4, 1999 to الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 10, 1999
Fundamentalists, in particular the Islamist variety, relate to religious concepts, including the concept of Jihad, in an instrumentalist approach which is nearly always absolutist, that is, it entails an absolute assertion of one, generally de-contextualized, aspect of religion and a total...