Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The author presents Girard’s proposal that the idea
of peace achieved by scapegoating in not lasting, nor it is ethical. Girard discusses the Judeo-Christian
scriptures [JCS] to prove his hypothesis.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
Mīnā Butrus wonders when the Coptic Orthodox Church
will
start a project to release a new Arabic translation of the Holy Bible.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The
article presents an interview with a German professor in Coptic studies on her academic contributions to the
field.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
The writer records some religion men’s opinions on "the al-Sharīf Gospel" and their causes to object it.
Date of source:
Echoes on the conference of ‘Laymen and the Church’ are still eminent in
Egyptian media. The review
discusses the crisis of Watanī with the church over the participation of
the former in
covering the conference’s sessions.
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2006 to Friday, December 1, 2006
The article is a response to an
article published in July 2006 that
claims that adultery in the Bible does not necessarily mean extramarital sexual
intercourse, but any other
kind of betrayal.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
Nabīl Zakī reports about how the issue of human rights is being tackled in educational religious curricula.
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.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
October presents the opinion of Uri Avnery, an Israeli author, writing
about the “conflict of civilizations.” October writes that Avnery has shown support to the Prophet of Islām
and
Muslims against false accusations and mistrust promoted by the head of the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
In a series of articles published by al-Ahrām
newspaper, Dr. Ahmad al-
Tayyib, the president of the Azhar University, analyses Pope Benedict
XVI’s speech of September 12,
2006.