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Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
Dr. Bibawy is the author of sixteen books, a Ph.D. five times over, and going for the sixth. He has been very bold in the face of repeated criticism from Christians who believe he is too much of an advocate for Islam. In this interview Dr. Bibawy answers questions related to Christian-Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Some of those who met the US Commission on International Religious Freedom in Egypt, spoke of the necessity of establishing a Coptic Christian political party.
We will find that once the [Orthodox] Copts have their party, the Catholics will have theirs, and the Sunnis, the Shiites and the Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
Hundred thousands of Copts are facing a legal, constitutional plight. Those Copts obtained divorce verdicts under the personal status law for non-Muslims. Nevertheless, they are not able to put these verdicts into effect and remarry because Pope Shenouda III does not approve these divorce verdicts...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
For thirty-three years, the personal status court has been authorizing divorce for Copts, however divorced Copts are still denied a second marriage by the Coptic Orthodox Church law. Such a backlog of Coptic divorce cases has yielded a sense of psychological and social alienation on the part of...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
In Egypt, the Orthodox Copts used to obey law 462 passed in 1955, which is concerned with the personal status of non-Muslims and includes some reasons for divorce from item 50 till item 58. Nabil Luqa Bebawi states that the second article of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that the Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 2004
In the context of the campaign against Islam Western and American politicians claim that Islam was spread with the sword. Dr. Nabil Luqa Bibawy, professor at the Police Academy and the Faculty of Law, has recently authored a book discussing this subject under the title “Entishar Al-Islam Behad Al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luka Bebawi believes that President Mubarak is the master of national unity in Egypt and that the problems of Copts are domestic problems that should be solved internally without any foreign intervention. He said that there is no religious persecution in Egypt as some people claim.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Bishop Samuel liked very much to see a revival of ancient Coptic traditions. Al-Ahram Weekly’s editor-in-chief, Hosny Guindy, has been praised for his strong ethical principles. Guindy was a fine example of a Copt who was able to obtain a leading position in Egyptian society, despite claims of some...
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 2004
God revealed [to humanity] three heavenly [monotheistic, divinely-inspired] religions so that the followers of each religion would worship the one God. The characteristics of national unity are very obvious in the era of Mubarak, with the reverence of the motto, “Religion is for God and the nation...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
It is surprising to find a Coptic, religious author, who cherishes his Christian faith, defending Islam. That is what the Egyptian intellectual Nabil Luqa Bebawy actually did. He stood up to the false claim that Muslims spread their call through the edge of the sword and forced people to join Islam...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.