Date of source: Monday, September 5, 2005
A group of Egyptian intellectuals of different political and religious hues, has met in Sharm al-Sheikh to discuss the subject: Terrorism: the phenomenon and the confrontation.
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2005
Intellectuals in our society should have the courage to acknowledge that terrorism has emerged from the Islamic world.
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2002
The three authors criticize reporting in the Layman, an American Presbyterian publication, claiming Christians in Egypt are persecuted. They believe the author of this article was ill-informed and provided readers with wrong information. The Layman got the opportunity to respond to their criticism...
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2002
Pope Shenouda rejects any heresies in the teachings of the Orthodox Church. In 1988, he excommunicated Archpriest Zakaria Butros of St. Mark Church in Heliopolis because of preaching the heresy of “salvation in a moment.” Today, he faces a new heresy, that is “The New Testament Church.”
Date of source: Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) and the Ministry of Awqaf will organize a forum in which a group of distinguished Islamic scholars and Christian clergymen will discuss the challenges of globalization and its passivity over the Arab and Islamic communities.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services organized a seminar on whether the role of religion changed because of globalization. Islamic thinker Selim Al-Awa assured that religion has a role to play at all times. The Jesuit father Henry Boulad said that modernism is a challenge to...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
European Union (EU) foreign policy commissioner Javier Solana had talks with Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak over ways of protecting religious symbols and beliefs as part of his efforts to defuse the crisis. During his visit to Egypt, the second leg of his tour of Arab and Muslim nations in the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
President of the U.S. Copts Association, Michael Munīr, has been severely criticized over his recent visit to Egypt and his meeting with a number of top officials. A number of expatriate Coptic activists have seen Munīr’s visit as "an act of betrayal of the Coptic cause.” Others have regarded the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Nabīl Sāmu’īl Abādīr argues that NGOs promoting democracy should themselves be democratic.
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Walīd ‘Urābī writes on the recent visit of Coptic activist Michael Munīr to Egypt.