Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
An Azhar professor sent the sheikh of the Azhar a report about the encyclopedia of the World of Religions, noting the mistakes and dangers of this encyclopedia that contains a number of errors that offend the Islamic religion. The encyclopedia did not list any names of authors, the publisher or...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
An Internet site, run by a person who allegedly abandoned Islam after he discovered contradictions in the Qur’an, has declared war on Islam, the Qur’an and the prophet. The Internet site offers an extremely distorted view of Islam in more than seven languages. The author’s poisonous ideas were...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
The Azhar Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Al-Tantawi denies all the rumors and the accusations that have been targeting the Azhar and trying to stain its reputation. He denied that America or any other foreign power has anything to do with the domestic issue of modernizing and developing its educational...
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: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
The book “Qibti fi Asr Masihi” [A Copt in a Christian age] is a well-prepared academic study made by Dr. Zebada Ata in an easy, smooth style. The dedication of the book summarizes it all, “To the Egyptian people, both Muslims and Christians...the undivided fabric, on this green soil that grows...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
The history of Arab armies shows that the political caliphate [rule] was turned into a religious dispute, and they considered waging a war against their rivals a religious duty. The armies of Abu Bakr Al-Sediq [the first Caliph] used to wage war against those who did not pay the Zakat [Obligatory...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
The real and present danger is Islamized secularism. Secularism in its general essence makes no demands of humanity except as a basis for life completely removed from faith in the existence of God. What follows is the transformation of clear rules into relative matters which change according to [...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
In a lecture given at the Journalists’ Syndicate, Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi explained that the prophet was tolerant in dealing with People of the Book [Jews and Christians], and that is why they are called “People of the Book.”
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The prominent preacher Dr. Al-Ahmadi Abu Al-Nour, former Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] stressed that Muslims are the enemies of no one and that over the course of history Muslims have maintained a policy of co-existence and dialogue with ‘others’ [non-Muslims]. Abu Al-Nour said...