Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2010
During a lecture in Faiyum, Bishop Bīshūy denied making offensive comments about the Qur'ān and expressed his support of the Islamic Research Academy’s call to ban defaming religions. Protestant leader, Jamāl As‘ad, says he considers Bīshūy’s latest comments a “convincing” apology, yet urges him to...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Islamic Research Academy holds an urgent meeting today to discuss Bishop Bīshūy’s offensive statements about the Qur'ān and Islamic faith. The group says that Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib is outraged by the statements. Dr. Muhammad Ra‘fat ‘Uthmān claims the reason behind the current...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
In an interview with onislam.net, Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib said that if it weren’t for the Azhar, Bishop Bīshūy’s comments would have caused a fitnah that could have hit Egypt from Aswan to Alexandria. He added that although he hates conspiracy theories, he believes there to be...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2010
Coptic activist Boulos Ramzī found himself protesting alone outside the Supreme Court against Bishop Bīshūy's statements regarding the Qur'ān. Ramzī claims many Protestants would have attended the protest if it weren't for Pope Shenouda’s orders. Reverend Rif<sup>c</sup>at Fikrī denied...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Al-Wafd acquired a copy of Bishop Bishoy's lecture at Bishop Ibram's Monastery in Fayyoum, where he questioned a Koranic verse declaring anyone who believes that Christ is God a non-believer. Bishoy suggested the verse might have been deliberately added after Prophet Mohamed's death for the sake of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2010
CIDT’s Bill Gallo attended an Egyptian demonstration ahead of an American pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Qur’an on September 11. But the event’s organizers and participants may surprise you.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2007
The Higher State Prosecution has decided to detain two Coptic members of the Middle East Christian Association [MECA] for 15 days in custody on charges of uploading a fake copy of the Qur’ān on their Web site.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Al-Sayid Turkī writes about the achievements of western
orientalists.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
This article strongly criticizes the claims of al-
Gābrī,
professor of philosophy at Muhammad V University in Morocco, about the
Qur’ān’s perversion,
providing counter arguments to these claims.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
The article tackles the crisis of freedom of
expression in the Arab world in light of
the severe attack that author Al-Gābrī has faced due to his
discussion of the Qur’ān’
s perversion.