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Angry reactions in Arab and Islamic countries continued over the desecration of the Qur’ān by US soldiers in the prison of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as new evidence disclosed slackness by the US administration to follow up the case that dates to one year back.
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An Egyptian family of four was found dead in their New Jersey home. The police found Husām Armāniyous, his wife, Amal Jirās, and their two daughters tied up and slaughtered, after Amal’s brother reported them missing. He had not been able to reach the family for two days.
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Since the Muslim Brotherhood announced that it has not yet decided which candidates to support, telephone calls have been flooding the office of the murshid [guide], Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, from those seeking the Brotherhood’s backing.
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Rose al-Yousuf presented a file with six articles about the same subject written by Sayyid al-Qimnī, Muhammad Shahrour, ‘Abd Allāh al-Najjār, ‘Abd al-Sabour Shahīn, Hāla al-Bannā, Majdī al-Milījī.
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The reaction of Egypt’s Copts regarding the news of St. Athanasius Church was like an earthquake and its epicenter was in al-Muqattam. The three Egyptian Christian denominations refused to acknowledge the church, under the self-styled Orthodox Dr. Maximus Hannā.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
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In a new book expected to stir controversy, the Jamā‘a Islāmīya in Egypt criticizes the ideology of several fundamentalist movements and their takfīr [the act of accusing someone of unbelief] of regimes and individuals.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
The Coptic Orthodox Church, isolated from the rest of Christendom for 1400 years by Chalcedon and Islam, is often unknown in the West. When I once explained to an interlocutor why I had been in Egypt--to study Coptic Christianity--the response was, "There are Christians in Egypt?!" Fortunately,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2005
Coptic, as written in the Coptic script from about the third century AD onwards, is the language of ancient Egypt in its last form. It was so called because it was spoken by the Copts, the Christian descendants of the ancient Egyptians, in whose churches it is read, although not widely understood,...
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The controversy over hijāb-wearing television presenters is back in the spotlight as a new court ruling concerning the return of three presenters to the screen is added to the previous rulings - none of which have been enforced.