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Date of source: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Several Coptic Orthodox Church dioceses across North America held meetings and conferences recently to discuss sexual abuse within the church.
Father Būlus Ḥalīm, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Ahmad
Khālid sees that the reason behind backwardness in the Arab world, particularly in
Egypt, is the
rigidity and deficiency of religious discourse. He argues that Egypt nowadays suffers from the
absence of
authentic clergy.
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
This story is one of the most dreadful I have ever encountered in my entire life. It is the story of a young wife who is awaiting the final decision in her wretched case of Khula’, after being severely tortured by her husband, the imam and preacher of a mosque in one of Cairo’s high-class districts...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2000
It is something ordinary to have a Ramadan tent in an expensive hotel. The surprise of this Ramadan is a new kind of tents, an Islamic tent that is called Al-Iman [faith]. Instead of presenting artistic numbers, the host presents handsome preachers. The guests of honor are the President of the...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
After Friday prayers, a an old man asked the Sheikh of the Azhar "Why did you not speak to the worshipers about Jihad to liberate Palestine?" The Sheikh replied, "You [plural] go and make Jihad" and pushed away the man violently. Then he said to the Sheikh, "The Aqsa Mosque is burning, it is...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
There is no difference between the Egyptian and Russian Rasputins. Both abused religion to influence their followers and commit sins. Both claimed to call for purification while they were sinking in the depths of depravity.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi turned out to be a big lie. He clamed that he had obtained a PhD and masters degree from the Azhar University, but this turned out to be untrue. The great surprise was that Sheikh Omar Abdel Kafi was not registered among those who had been studying at the Azhar University. What...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
This article talks about an extremist sheikh (whose name is not given) who had been very popular. He suddenly disappeared from the public scene after he was implicated in sexual immorality (according to some). However, he is back. This article asks why and how?
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 1999
The tempo of attack on Egyptian actors and actresses has sharply increased in recent years. The number of cassette tapes released by unknown sheikhs who demonize the film industry outnumber the scores of kitsch albums launched every day into the market.
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2012
Last Friday, Sheikh Abdel Karim Mustafa refused to preach to the people in a mosque in Qena because the Ministry of Religious Endowments refused to give him a reward. He asked those present to change the time of the prayers.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.