Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2001
The Kurds and Berbers are Muslims who joined Islam with the Arabs. The fall of the Islamic caliphate left space for nationalism to flourish and its replacement opened a gap between the Arabs and the Kurds. The Islamic way of co-existence between Arabs and Kurds is the solution to all the problems...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The Orthodox Church does not recognize the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Plymouth Brethren and Evangelists. It considers them as sects that have deviated from church references that are based on the Holy Bible, ecumenical councils, fathers’ sayings and church laws. Representatives of...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The governor gave his point of view on the problems with the church service building in Shubra el-Kheima. He beliefs the problems lies primarily with the lack of required licenses. The destroyed building will, however, be rebuild because " That is the order of the President." The governor also...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2001
Although President Mubarak ordered the inclusion of the historical period before the July Revolution [1952], which was ignored, in history books, the Coptic history is not included till now. The Minister of Education formed a committee to write the Coptic history under the Byzantine Empire which...
Date of source: Saturday, April 14, 2001
Book review of "Among the Copts" by our board member Revd. Dr. John Watson. Mostyn writes "the Anglican priest and Coptic specialist John Watson notes: ’The inevitable struggle between Copt and Muslim is always bubbling beneath the surface of national life.’ The Coptic Pope Shenouda’s demagogic...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, the Dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [fundamentals of religion] in the Azhar University, was harshly attacked because of his fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] allowing leasing of wombs. The attack leveled against him reached the extent of...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue said that the aim of inter-religious dialogue is to prove that Islam is not calling for extremism. He added that the West distorted the history of the Crusades to prove that it was Muslims who attacked them. He said that...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2001
The priest of the Hanging Church said that the State gives no allocation to the Church, which is only funded by the donations of its children. He denied that emigrant Copts send lots of money to the Egyptian Church. The pastor of the Church of Ain Shams said that the financial affairs of the Church...
Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2001
Dr. Roushdy Said’s book "Egypt’s Treasures between Nasser and Sadat" discuses the eras of President Gamal Abdel El-Nasser and President Anwar el-Sadat. It takes its reader on a tour inside the political scene in Egypt from 1961-62 when Dr. Said entered political life until 1976-80 when he left. As...
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2001
The lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya said that if investigations proved that members of the group were behind the armed robbery of the national bank of Al-Marragha it meant that those who rejected the initiative denouncing violence had begun to take practical steps. A statement was issued by the...