Displaying 1 - 10 of 10.
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
I have some questions related to the administrative and financial side of the Coptic Orthodox Church and these questions have nothing to do with the faith or theology.
Coptic churches abroad suffer from many problems due to their expansion of church building in the absence of either a long-run...
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: Monday, September 6, 2004
I would like to offer practical solutions to problems suffered by the Coptic Orthodox Church so that I will not be accused of offering nothing but criticism [because of articles previously published in Sawt Al-Umma by the author criticizing the church]. Expatriate churches suffer a lot of problems...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
The article written about Bishop Bishoi proves beyond doubt that the religious knowledge of its author is very limited. It seems that there is a personal dispute [between the article’s author and Bishop Bishoi]. Christianity teaches us not to judge in order not to be judged but the words of Samir...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
Dr. Samir Girgis, professor of Strategic Management in London, wrote an article under the title “Dictatorship in the Egyptian church” published on 23 August, 2004 in Sawt Al-Umma. I would like to offer answers to the questions he posed in his article.
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2004
The article of Dr. Samir Girgis about dictatorship in the church sparked many feedbacks, among which is a comment sent by Mansour Sawiris, a member of the Church of St. George in Heliopolis. Mr. Mansour Sawiris stresses that he is not among those close to Pope Shenouda whom he met only once two...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
What is taking place in the [Coptic Orthodox] church of London is a unique example of the practice of corruption that continued for twenty five years. Members of this church sent dozes of complaints to Pope Shenouda about the practices of the church’s two priests who were imposed on the members of...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.