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The Library of Saint Catherine’s Monastery Contains 4500 Significant Manuscripts and Calls are Made to Digitalize these Texts
Date of source: Saturday, May 30, 2020
Archeologist Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Rayḥān, general director of research and archeological studies and scientific publications in south of Sinai, confirmed that the library in Saint Catherine’s Monastery is considered the second most important collection of manuscripts following the Vatican. In a...
67. Interview with Egyptian national security adviser Dr. Essam Al-Haddad on Egypt’s search to stability
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Transcript of an interview with Dr. Essam Al-Haddad on government efforts to stabilize the country since this is a pre-requisite to get Egypt out of its current economic difficulties. Thus questions addressed much repeated critiques on the Mursī administration.
19. Just an opinion: Two weeks for translating the basmala “Bism Allah Al-Rahman Al-Rahim” [In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful]
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Dr. Zeinab Abdel Aziz, professor of civilization at the Azhar and Minufia universities, devotes herself for the translation of the meanings of the Qur´an into French. She says that language stands helpless before some words of the Qur´an. The four words of the basmala took her two weeks to...
12. Freedom of faith and workship
Date of source: Monday, June 10, 2002
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd, sympathizer and supporter of the RNSAW from the first hour received the Franklin Delano Roosevelt prize for his contribution to the Freedom of Worship on June 10. “The message is to address both the Western World and the Muslim World as such. Islam is not static, non-dynamic, or...
16. The Sura of Al-Tawba [Repentance] didn´t predict the September 11 events
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
Some Muslims claimed that the sura of Al-Tawba [Repentance] included a prophecy predicting the September 11 attacks. The author explained how this group of Muslims arrived at this conclusion. He refuted their claim and concluded that they are not on the side of Islam but offend Islam and Muslims.
4. The Qur’an: God and Man in Communication
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd delivered this lecture upon accepting the prestigious Cleveringa professorial chair at Leiden University in The Netherlands with the request to teach justice, freedom and responsibility and especially the freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. The lecture discussed the...
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