Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author discusses Christianity in Egypt, and what it means to be a Copt living in a society that constantly struggles with social issues.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Pope Shenouda discussed the ideas of Father Mattá al-Miskīn as being heresies. Butrus calls for an objective discussion of theological and religious issues in the writings of the men of religion, as most of the time people automatically adopt their leaders’ ideas out of confidence, or sometimes,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Jesus performed miracles since his childhood. He violated the Sabbath and could give and take others life with a single word. Stories from different apocrypha gospels are represented in the following lines.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The following lines represent an interview with Ibrāhīm Sālim al-Tarzī who translated many of the Apocrypha Gospels. al-Tarzī reveals information about the Apocrypha and considers the texts to be an important piece of Coptic literature.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Bishop Marqus denied being removed from his position as the Coptic Church’s official spokesman, and asserted that he has a very good relationship with Pope Shenouda. He also called to amend the election process and the second article of the Constitution.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Bishop Mikhā’īl has issued a decision to freeze the activity of Father Bāsīliūs al- Maqārī for he authored and published five books as well as the monastery’s books without placing the pope’s photo on them. Further reasons for the freeze on his activity were based on the suspicions of church’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
George Shākir writes about the Shroud of Turin, also known as Turin Shroud, which is an ancient piece of linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a manner consistent with crucifixion. As early as October 1978, a group of historians and scientists...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Evangelical denomination has opened its door to the denomination presidential election by deleting the item that confined the presidency to men which, for the first time, permits women to run for election.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Recent statistics released by the United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF, see: http://www.unicef.org/], revealed that Egypt comes second on the list of countries that practice female circumcision.In hisbook, ’Khitān al-Ināth Fī Manzūr al-Islām’ [Female Circumcision from an Islamic Perspective],...
Date of source: Friday, January 26, 2007
Maḥmūd Ḥabīb criticizes an article about the Bahā’ī belief.