Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
I would like to offer practical solutions to problems suffered by the Coptic Orthodox Church so that I will not be accused of offering nothing but criticism [because of articles previously published in Sawt Al-Umma by the author criticizing the church]. Expatriate churches suffer a lot of problems...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
The article written about Bishop Bishoi proves beyond doubt that the religious knowledge of its author is very limited. It seems that there is a personal dispute [between the article’s author and Bishop Bishoi]. Christianity teaches us not to judge in order not to be judged but the words of Samir...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
Dr. Samir Girgis, professor of Strategic Management in London, wrote an article under the title “Dictatorship in the Egyptian church” published on 23 August, 2004 in Sawt Al-Umma. I would like to offer answers to the questions he posed in his article.
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
Tayseer Idris played the role of Theodor Herzl in the series, “The Diaspora.” Our interview focused on this role, seeing as the media battle between Al-Manar channel, which showed the series, and the French Higher Council for Visual and Audio Media. continues unabated.
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
Since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called on French Jews to return to their motherland Israel, followed by his subsequent accusation of France and its officials of being anti-Semitic, everyone there [in France] is trying to deny this notion and satisfy Israel even if it is to the detriment...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Minister of Information, Mamdouh Al-Beltagi’s apology for the articles which Dr. Rifa’at Sayyed Ahmad published in Al-Liwaa Al-Islami, was not the end of the cycle of American and Jewish pressure on Egypt. Rather the media storm was a prelude to further steps the world’s Zionist organisations are...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
It seems that we must look fondly on the days of Safwat Al-Sherif and his manner of dealing with disagreements with journalists and intellectuals. This is particularly true when we consider the behaviour of the current Minister of Information, Mamdouh Al-Beltagi. Egyptian public opinion was...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The paper reprinted the article that was originally published in Al-Liwa Al-Islami, August 25, 2004. [AWR 2004, week 35, art.35]
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
A television program produced by a Muslim Somali refugee which insults Islam has caused an outcry in Holland. The Daily Telegraph reported that the Somali Refugee Ayan Hirsi Ali, after living in Holland for twelve years and becoming a member of parliament, is a vehement critic of Islam. Her...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
Pupils went back to school in France yesterday, on the first day of implementation of the new law banning obvious religious symbols – among them the hijab – from state schools. This happened without serious incident after the story of the two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq grabbed the nation’...