Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Last Thursday was the forty-day anniversary of the unfortunate accident of Taha Al-‘Ameda. It was time to go to the village to reveal the truth. Those who survived the accident talked for the first time.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Shiite problem lies in its opposition to the Sunnis in some matters. This opposition or disagreement has attracted many people, who found the Shiites’ disagreement with Sunnis a weak point through which they can infiltrate beliefs that are, in fact, alien to the Shiite dogma and Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Inheritance in Christianity is different from Islam. Each family deals with inheritance issues as it sees fit and as is suitable for its members. However, if one family member objects to what the rest of the family has decided, then the civil law, which is based on the provisions of the Islamic...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
An Evangelical pastor, Adly Bassilious has been distributing leaflets accusing a number of Evangelical pastors of stealing and converting Muslim girls into Christians. He filed a complaint at the Waily district police station accusing the Church of the Synod of the Nile owned [the Arabic text used...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
After more than four years, the Egyptian court of Appeals Court closed forever the file of the case of sectarian violence that took place in the Upper Egyptian village of Al-Kosheh in late 1999 and early 2000. The Court overturned the appeals demanding cancellation of the previous ruling that...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Bishop Paphnotius, bishop of Samalut, led a mass prayer in the forty-day anniversary mass for the victims of Taha Al-‘Ameda after which, he gave a speech detailing the events of the accident and its consequences. He began his speech with spiritual words on the Bible and he ended it with a plea to...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Dr. Milad Hanna spoke in the TV program “Fī Khāna al-yak” [A Space for You], about what is taking place in Sudan. “Some people in Egypt asked me about the right of self-determination. I answered them that in Sudan they were able to obtain this right after large sacrifices, as two million people...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
I dearly appreciate what Hani Labib wrote in his book “Al-mowatna wal-Awlama: Al-Aqbat fi mogtama’ Motaghayyer” [Citizenship and Globalization: Copts in a Changing Society] at a time when many Egyptian writers, most of whom are Muslims, attempt to hit Egypt’s Arabism and dissociate it from...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
We both, Muslims and Christians, have the same rights and duties. We should live in peace and security and we should live under the same law. I say it as loud as I can: Religion is for God and the nation is for all.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Dividing Egypt along a sectarian line, which splits it into two parts, has been the dream of colonialism. Objective scientific research revealed that Christians and Muslims share the same rights and duties. It was also proven that the Egyptian constitution is in accordance with the rules of the...