Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Many Muslims believe that Christians in the West have never given up the idea of the Crusades and missionaries work hand in hand with Western imperialists. The Bishop concludes that the Crusades occurred as a result of ignorance of Christ's teachings and love. The church today views the Crusades as...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Dear Abdel Naguib Rizq,
With reference to your article published in Sawt Al-Umma on August 23, 2004 under the title "The enemy of Metropolitan Bishoi defends him," I would like to make a number of comments.
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Dear Mansour Sawiris,
In your response to my first article you wondered why I did not inform Pope Shenouda about my complaints before publishing them in a national newspaper. I believe that my second article published in Sawt Al-Umma on August 30, carries answers to all, or most of, your questions...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Dear Archpriest Botros Bastawrous,
I would like to thank you for responding to my first article about Metropolitan Bishoi, who is, according to the organizational hierarchy, your direct chief. I did not intend to respond to your article as it does not add any valuable information to the reader,...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
What Sa'id Sombul says about me in his article titled "Ask Ammar Al-Sherie and the widow of Wagieh Abu Zekri about Father Antonius" is in conflict with journalistic ethics. Sombul can either offer a written, official apology for what he wrote against me or take the professional and legal...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
The Israeli Jewish lawyer Daphna Baram conducted a study about the attitudes of the Guardian [towards Arab-Israeli conflict]. Her results were published in a book titled "Disenchantment, the Guardian and Israel."
Baram writes that the main objective behind the book is casting light on the shift in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Fatwa-making is a very serious task at the time religion has such an uncompetitive influence on human beings. Recently, Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi was harshly criticized for fawas that was incorrectly attributed to him. In the coming interview, Sheikh Al-Qaradawi answers questions about the fiqh [...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Moratinos, is among those who offered suggestions that address the phenomenon of terrorism in a practical manner away from the approach based on military power adopted by many others. Miguel Moratinos stressed the necessity of creating a strategic...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
I believe that the author of this article titled “Corruption in expatriate churches” was either motivated by spitefulness or seeking to blackmail the Church. Regrettably, Sawt Al-Umma welcomed this author and offered him one half of a page to voice his ungrounded accusations and insults. Articles...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 2004
Omar Bakri, the leader of the group of Al-Muhajeroun [the emigrants] announced that the British police cancelled a conference organized by [Muslim] fundamentalists to celebrate the third anniversary of the 11 September attacks just a few hours before its scheduled time.