Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Muhammad Emara is right that some Christians have been using unfair missionary methods such as using moments that people are weak to spread the Gospel but it is unfair to generalize this for all Christians [see art. 9 in this issue]
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2002
The fourth annual report on religious freedom, issued by the US State Department, raised many questions concerning the methods and objectives of its preparation. This report lost much of its credibility when it was found to contain false information which the US State Department gained from anti-...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
A Muslim woman who converted to Christianity expressed the author her wish to tell her story to all people. Sidhom told her that people who make their conversion stories public face hard time. However, since the state-owned Nile TV channel started to broadcast a program presenting cases of people...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
Al-Arabi reprinted the text of an article by Dr. Naser Hamid Abu Zeid in the Lebanese magazine “Al-Adab” [literature], under the title “Censorship in Egypt.” It shows that there is a continuous censorship over Egyptian minds, starting with the press and ending with scientific research and artistic...
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2002
. Islamic thinkers Gamal Al-Banna and Selim Al-Awa believe that the Qur´an does not state any worldly punishment for apostasy and that apostates are punished in the hereafter. They stress that calling for punishment for apostasy is not in accordance with the Qur´anic principle that there is no...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hādī discusses the history of religious conversion in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
An American missionary belonging to Operation Mobilization and nurse´s aid Bonnie Weatherall, 31, was found murdered at a Christian health clinic housed in the building of an Evangelical church in Sidon, a port city in southern Lebanon. There is much speculation as to what could have been the...
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The author criticizes Sayyed Al-Qimni´s opinions concerning the punishment for apostasy in Islam and accuses him of ignorance. He argues that because Al-Qimni belongs to the Qur´anien, who deny the sunna, he denies the faith mentioned in the Qur´an.
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2002 to Friday, November 1, 2002
The author comments on the “Apostasy wars,” used in the arguments of those who believe that “killing” is the punishment for apostasy in Islam. He analyses the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate be given a lifetime opportunity to renounce his apostate ideas.