Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2004
The book al-Mowarana il Awlama: al-A qbat fi Alam Motaghayer (Citizenship and Globalisation: Copts in a Changing World) by Hany Labib, published by Dar al-Shorouq in 2004 in Arabic, tackles the relationship between Copts and their homeland, in the era of globalisation. Within the context of present...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2004
Last week, Watani International printed an interview with Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti. Some of the questions directed to the Mufti concerned the comparison between the absolute freedom with which Muslims in Egypt build mosques, and the parallel restrictions imposed by law on the building of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti—the highest Islamic cleric authorized to issue fatwa or Islamic legal opinion, in an interview with Watani International said that the call to put the Egyptian house in order was needless, since the Egyptian house was already in. admirable order. I thus find it...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
The Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeus I residing in Istanbul, stated that there is not enough religious freedom in Turkey, stressing that the church is facing a lot of legal obstacles. The Patriarch also stated that Turkey is incapable of protecting its religious minorities, which, in turn...
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The article is about the National Council for Human Rights. The author explains that Egyptians pin much hope on the new council. Egyptians are looking forward to regain a worth lost and a dignity curtailed before the official, political and security apparatuses in Egypt. The author argues...
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2004
The article is about the wrong way concerned authorities seek solutions to incidents of sectarian violence. The author argues that these authorities apply the policy of “meetings and kisses,” while offering no answers to the questions of citizens. The author praises a proposal of Magdy Khalil, the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2004
The article takes the form of a letter directed to Mr. President Muhammad Husni Mubarak about the difficulties Copts face in following the procedures needed for obtaining permissions for building churches and their service-offering annexes. The author holds security authorities responsible for...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The report of the committee headed by Dr. Jamāl al-‘Utayfī on the al-Khankah sectarian events in 1972 is excellent. Many of its recommendations, have however, not been followed up thoroughly with the consequence that many of the factors that played a role in the tensions in 1972 still play a role...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2004
In his December 22, 2004 sermon at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsiya, Pope Shenouda III said he went into seclusion in order to serve Copts and help solve their problems.