Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
In an interview with
Watanī, Jesuit father
Christian Van Nispen speaks about his life in Egypt, how Christians can
accept others who have different beliefs
and about his latest book ‘Christians and Muslims are brothers
before God.’
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
This review outlines
statements made about Max Michel, who has named himself Archbishop Maximus and claims to be the patriarch of the
Orthodox Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author argues that the quota system for Egyptian Christians in parliamentary and state positions will not offer a good solution to the problem of religious fanaticism. The only way to address this is to stick to secularism and to belongingness to the nation, before religion.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author reviews a book written by an Indian Muslim scholar discussing the position women enjoy in Islam and refuting allegations that Islam encourages polygamy.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author complains about the absence of Coptic names from the list of students who gained the highest grades in the thānawīya ‘amma [Egyptian high school].
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2006
The author suggests that foreign intervention in support of
human rights is legitimate by virtue of regional and international agreements provided that the state’s
sovereignty is respected and national interests are preserved.
Date of source: Thursday, July 13, 2006
This review deals with the controversy still blazing over the split of
clergyman Max Michel from the mother Coptic Orthodox Church, and his establishment of Qur’ān independent church and a
holy synod for Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2006
The author cites some examples of news reports to do with Muslims and Christians in
various places
around the world and refers to a study that affirmed a "correlation" between schizophrenia –
blamed by some
officials for Muslim attacks on Christians – and a parasite called toxoplasma gondii...
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The author deals with the period that saw Dr. Butrus
Ghālī, who
is presently hospitalized in Paris, as Secretary General of the United Nations, his
efforts to reform the
world body and the obstacles he encountered in making his "utopian league of nations" a
reality.