Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2004
Reports mentioned that Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of the British Anglican Church, is to deliver as speech at the Azhar mosque in Cairo about the strong relations between Christians and Muslims. Dr. Williams will deliver his speech on the 11th of September. Similar news was also reported by...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
In an Alexandrian youth camp, the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Dr. Ali Goma’a, met with nearly 500 students from Egyptian universities and from delegations studying at the Azhar. Dr Goma’a gave his lecture on the mosque’s role in building the individual. Dr. Goma’a also answered questions on various...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
A fatwa by Sheikh Muhammad Abdel Maqsoud revealed how shallow, extreme words can be terribly influential on naive minds if the opinions of other religious scholars are absent. Sheikh Abdel Maqsoud banned photographs and cinema, while permitting watching videotapes, arguing that videotapes consist...
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 2004
Islam believes human beings have been created similar but they have cultural differences . Throughout history, humanity has known many cultures and civilizations. The relationship between Islam and other cultures is based on the law of interaction and cultural exchange and not based on...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Over time, a new genre of preachers has appeared--those who specialize in social and family counseling, which is a well-known profession in American society. But those who practice it in Egypt have given it an Islamic shade, and thus, they have played an important role in attracting thousands of...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
The recent reactions to the movie "Baheb Al-Sima" [I love cinema] conveyed the existence of a mutual misunderstanding. Consequently, two remarkable aspects should be examined:
1-Christian fundamentalism-extremism:
1-Christian
2-Fanaticism-Sectarianism
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
The real turning point in Coptic political activity was initiated by Sadat. who made Pope Shenouda III a hero, establishing him as the political representative of the Coptic community.A Coptic movement emerged that called for a political role of the church.
The church should care solely about...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Religious obsession is sweeping through Egyptians’ minds. Muslims are obsessed with having full control while Christians are obsessed with withdrawing from social activities to look for the traits and strengths of closed communities.
Such a tense atmosphere serves as a rich soil for the growth of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 2004
Bishop Musa was asked if there is extremism among Copts, and in his answer affirmed that there is merely strictness among them. He further explained that religious extremism goes against Biblical teachings and those of the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2004
The objective of exploring the Jewish lifestyle is not to show the demerits of their beliefs and of the laws that they drew from outside the holy books of the Old Testament. The objective is to search for an answer to the question “What is the reason for this deep contradiction between the laws...