Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article reviews a book concerning the Egyptian national identity in recent history, especially focusing on the impact of religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A number of Egyptian lawyers and intellectuals, calling themselves the Egyptian Committee in Solidarity with Dr. Al-Awa, expressed their disapproval of the Church's attack on Dr. Mohamed Selim El-Awa's recent comments during an interview with Al-Jazeera. The committee says that Dr. El-Awa speaks...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
El-Awa denied the allegations attributed to him in the media against the church. He says anyone attacking him for comments made in the interview with Al-Jazeera has not seen the original interview and that he chose his words carefully while talking about the Church. He added that Israel is behind...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2010
Dr. Selim El-Awa made serious allegations against the church, which could result in sectarian conflict. In response, Father Abdel Maseeh Baseet said that churches are packed with state security officers, making it impossible for weapons to pass unnoticed. Martyrdom in Christian terms is verbal not...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2010
In response to Selim El-Awa's allegations, Bishop Basanty said that all monasteries are open to the public. He also said that Bishop Bishoy's claims of Muslims initially being visitors in Egypt are historically accurate and were meant in a peaceful manner. He said that Kamilia Shehata and Wafaa...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Salim Al-Awwa's allegation of Copts hiding weapons in churches and detaining converts to Islam on the Al-Jazeera channel sparked various reactions. Representative of the Congregation Council, Father Salib Matta Sawiris, denied Salim's allegations and called them "sick". Essam Sultan urged Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2010
Selim said that relations between Copts and Muslims have been declining since 2003 and the Wafā’ Constantine issue (who he claims is a Muslim despite whatever Bishop Bīshūy says). He said that the only logical reason for Copts to store weapons, which he claims are shipped in from Israel, is to use...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2010
The author reflects on 19 documentaries launched by Bishop Bīshūy, secretary of the Holy Synod, on the internet as a response to Dr. Yūsuf Zaydān’s novel, ‘‘Azāzīl.’
Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Uryān reviews Dr. Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī’s new book about jihād in Islam.
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2010
In an interview with Al-Misrī al-Yawm, Professor Ayman Shabānah, professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, stresses that the American President, Barack Obama, seeks to open a new dialogue with Muslims in the United States and the West, as well as the entire Islamic...