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28. Jamal al-Banna, Fatwās and globalization
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2008
The author talks about an interview that involved Jamāl al-Bannā and Azhar scholars. The Azhar scholars reminded al-Bannā he was old and al-Bannā called for the purification of jurisprudence. He also discusses the fact that fatwás concerning the behavior and dress of women as sexual objects have...
3. Who is fuelling Coptic violence?
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Faraj Ismā‘īl calls on the church in Egypt to play a role in limiting Christians’ violence against Muslims and comments that the number of conversions to Islam in Egypt is increasing.
34. Father Zakariya Butrus: I wish to return to Egypt and I do not fear arrest or murder
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Father Zakarīyā Butrus, the controversial priest who foments anger of Muslims, of Egypt in particular and the Arab world in general, through his programs which launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Islamic faith on ‘al-Hayāt’satellite channel, appears for the first time in Arab media.
15. Egypt’s Copt refute the claims of persecution
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
A few Copts, no more than twenty persons, claim Copts in Egypt are persecuted. Copts in Egypt refute this.
14. 170,000 Christians in Jordan reach high positions and enjoy their religious freedom
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Christians in Jordan are well off. They are also reaching high government positions.
13. The patriarch of the Greek Catholics in Syria:When I saw how Christians are freely performing their ceremonies, I didn’t believe that we are in a Muslim Country
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Christians in Syria make up approximately 12% of the population. The article gives an overview of their presence.
12. Palestine’s Christians are emigrating
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
The author bases his article on a research carried out by Dr. Sabela of the University of Bethlehem about the ongoing decline of the Christian presence among Palestinians. Dr. Sabela found large numbers still want to emigrate.
11. Christians in the Arab world: There is no discrimination against us, we don’t feel that we are a minority, our rights are protected
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
In this report, we are opening for the first time the file of the Christians in the Arab world. We speak with senior church leaders, throwing light on the relations between Muslims and Christians in the Arab world.
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