Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Also speaking on the occasion was Muhammad ‘Alī Bishr, a member of the Irshād (Guidance) Office of the Muslim Brotherhood group, who said that Egypt has lost an unprecedented patriotic figure, praying that Pope Shenouda’s successor would pursue his path. [Ahmad Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, April 25...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on Tuesday (April 24) hosted a huge ceremonial gathering on the occasion of commemorating Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the 40th day of his departure.
Leading a Mass was acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius and members of the Holy...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Hammād also ordered filing investigations with the rest of the suspects, 29, for lack of sufficient evidence they were involved in incitation in the incidents.
The investigators sent a copy of the decision to the Egyptian Radio & TV Union (ERTU) to enforce administrative penalties on Ibrāhīm al...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān was born in 1929. He is an Egyptian professor who has lived in France and received his Ph.D. Dr. al-Sammān has participated in a large number of seminars and dialogues, and his activities stem from his belief in the importance of dialogues and meetings dealing with Islam and the...
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We often hear about the radical statements and fatwás of Muslims and about uncompromising Christian or secular activists who can appeal to populist sentiments and mistrust of the ‘other’.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Counselor Tharwat Hammād, the judge investigating the October 9, 2011 deadly incidents outside the state radio & TV building in Maspero, ordered Michael ‘Ādil and Michael Shākir be referred to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of stealing an concealing a machinegun owned by the armed forces...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
(Right) now all the political groups in Egypt conform to one main principle, which is to make sure that every part of society is represented in the constituent assembly that will draft the Egyptian constitution. There is no doubt that this principle is credible as long as it is implemented...
Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III welcomes Dr. Butrus Butrus Ghālī, President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and Dr. 'Alī al-Sammān, President of the Paris-based International Union for Jewish-Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC).
In the meeting, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Committee of the Azhar for the Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions has been in existence for twenty years now. But that did not stop the Grand Mufti, Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, from deciding to dissolve it due to "infeasibility" at a time when it is most needed. Many Azhar figures expressed their...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Dr. ‘Alī al-Sammān, former counselor to the president, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.