Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
The Islamic-Western dialogue should not be limited to intellectuals only. It should
involve a wider range of both Islamic and Western societies.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
A new book, The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Gospel (Harper, San Francisco, 2006) examines the Judas event from biblical, historical and Gnostic perspectives and exposes the recent media hype about the betrayal story as altered in the Gnostic text known as “The...
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
A review of an, as yet unpublished book, Londonistan: How Britain is creating a terror state from within is written, by a seasoned observer of radical Islam, Melanie Phillips.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The article
focuses on the organizations that are defaming the Egyptian system internationally
describing it as being
oppressive, violating human rights and doing nothing positive for the country’s
development.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The author
criticizes the practices of Copts residing abroad, namely in the
United States, and their conferences which
end in recommendations that have a negative impact on the Christians of
Egypt and lead to serious splits and
seditions in society.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
The author reviews the recommendations of the 4th expatriate Copts conference held in the state of New Jersey, which included demands to amend the second article of the constitution asserting that Islam is the State’s official religion, and an official apology for the regime’s crimes against the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The administrative judiciary’s refusal to file the lawsuit establishing the “Al-Safawīyya Al-Naqshabandīyya,” a Shī‘i organization, provoked controversy. This article links Shī‘i activities in Egypt to Iranian political influences. Religion and politics are never far apart.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
With the growth of home-grown terrorism in Europe and in Canada, scholars and experts discuss the reasons why some Muslims in Western societies seem to be drawn to terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
The recent suicides of
three inmates at the U.S. base
in Guantanamo, Cuba, are regarded by many as a stain on the human rights
record of the United
States.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Sources of the Coptic Orthodox Church have
told Rose al-
Yousuf that Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the Sea of St. Mark, 86,
flew to
Germany two days ago seeking a cure for herpes, not a torn cartilage, as has been claimed.