Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Pope Shenouda says that he advised treatment for certain Evangelical Bishops who had claimed that they were born homosexual, according to the article.
The Pope added that homosexuality is not something that a person is born with, neither is it genetic. Rather, he says that is a condition that is...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Shakūr writes about the Azhar University and its need for change, starting with its syllabus.
Ahmad ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Sāyih, Professor of philosophy and Islamic studies, says that the Azhar needs to be protected from Wahābī, Muslim Brotherhood, and Salafī ideologies.
Conflict of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Shakūr believes that since the establishment of the Azhar, it has showed loyalty to rulers and issues Fatwás that support their policies. That is, until Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, who doesn't like to show up unless absolutely necessary, became the grand Imām.
According to the author, the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Headline: Fatwá Shedding al-Barād‘ī’s Blood: Egypt is under the Rule of Law, and We are Not in the Jāhilīyah Age
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 20
Author: Karam Jabr
Keywords: al-Barād‘ī
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Headline: Economic Relations between the Islamic World and the West [in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Headline: Extremist Jews Curse the Prophet Muhammad in Occupied Jerusalem
Source: Al-Dustūr
Pages: 1
Author: Ahmad Sulaymān
Keywords: Muhammad
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Headline: Somalia's Youth Movement and Islamic Party Unite in One Armed Group
Source: Al-Sharq al-Awsat
Pages: 14...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Islamic thinker ‘Abd al-Fattāh ‘Asākir has said that Takfīr Fatwás represent a violation of Islam because belief in God is a personal choice.
He added that the group that poses the most danger to a ruler are not unbelievers, but hypocrites, because it is Muhammad al-Barād‘ī's right as an Egyptian...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Headline: Islamist Lawyers Introduce Pope as Adversary in Kāmīliyā Shihātah Case, Ask that Ministry of Interior Bring her to Testify
Source: Sawt al-Ummah
Page: 13
Author: ‘Antar ‘Abd al-Latīf
Keywords: Pope Shenouda III, conversion
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Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
A church delegation of priests and bishops is visiting Pope Shenouda III, who is in seclusion at the Bishop Bīshūy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn.
A church source said the Pope's health is good and that he is in the monastery for prayer and devotion on the occasion of the Christmas fast, which is...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Archpriest ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Virgin Mary Church in Musturud has rejected claims that Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, former pastor of the Hanging Church, has produced a film injurious to the Prophet Muhammad and to Muslims.
"I don't think Father Marqus would do something like that and I...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
This is the second part of a review of the Azhar, which is described as a "sleeping giant." It consists solely of an interview with Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, the former Secretary General of the Azhar fatwá committee.
Qutb says that the Azhar currently needs sound direction and alleges that successive...