Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2004
Jizya is an issue that needs to be discussed and
decided upon by religious scholars once and for all. It is unbelievable in this day and age that
some people still advocate taking Jizya from non-Muslims and humiliating them in the process.
Fortunately, some prominent scholars have taken the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2004
Dr. W. Reiss responded to the summary of Dr. Al-Awa’s article on religious textbooks in AWR,
2003, week 52, art. 27
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2004
The article is a comment
on news reported by both the London-based newspaper of Al-Hayat and Al-Usboa about the offense
the Grand Imam directed to Mrs. Jihan Al-Husseini, a journalist at Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper,
while she was interviewing him.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2004
In his December 22, 2004 sermon at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsiya, Pope Shenouda III said he went into seclusion in order to serve Copts and help solve their problems.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2005
A Muslim
intellectual said that the provisions of Islam regulating the relationship between Muslims and the kitabīs [People of
the Book] should not function as a basis to rule that those kitabīs are disbelievers.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 14, 2005
Satellite stations have televised demonstrators gathering in front of the Mār Girgis Church in al-Fayyoum. They demanded the handover of the Medicine Faculty graduates, Maryān Makram Girgis and Teresa ‘Ayyād Ibrāhīm, back to the Coptic Orthodox Church. These demonstrations had been spurred by...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 7, 2005
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ].
I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2005
Reference to articles in this issue that help to understand Egyptian culture and developments in society.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2005
My article mainly deals with two points raised in the two articles published by my dear friends: Bishop Mousa and counselor al-Bishrī. The first point is regarding Bishop Mousa’s answer to a question he asked and that is whether the Church works in politics. His answer was in the negative,...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 5, 2005
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, the prominent Islamic thinker and the Secretary General of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), called for peaceful coexistence and fraternity between Muslims and non-Muslims.