Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From Rasputin to Bin Lādin, religion has always had a role in politics and in political plans. The following text depicts biographies of a number of people whose religious engagements played a role in their political life.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006 to Friday, September 29, 2006
Rajab al-Murshidī criticizes Muslim dā‘īyahs who concentrate their efforts on making money during the month of Ramadān, where many Muslims compete in good deeds.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From the crusades until now, religion has always been taken as an excuse to wage war. The pope’s recent attitude reveals his political orientation.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
This paper was written for the occasion of the U.N. International Day of Peace, September 21, 2006, and discusses the topic, the Bahā’ī Perspective on World Peace. In the historical analysis at the beginning, an internalization of trade and law is analysed with the development of a tight network of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
Subtitle:Bishop Bishoy "We are against fanaticism and fanatics, whether they are Muslims or Copts."The author has gone to meetings of Egyptians in the USA and found all to be loyal to Egypt. All Arabic papers published in the USA and Canada are convinced that the Jewish lobby is trying to damage...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
Ragab El -Banna argues that it is the right of Egyptians to be angry about the American threat in Congress to cut aid to Egypt, since it is a new attempt to make Arabs approve the Israeli conditions for peace and surrender to the violent policy of Netanyahu.The author interviewed Pope Shenouda and...
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
The author sees groups inside and outside Egypt as plotting against the country’s national unity. These are Zionists in the USA and terrorists inside Egypt. He gives examples from history. Whatever happens, he argues that national unity must remain intact and the Coptic Orthodox Church proved to be...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 29, 1997
An interview with Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, answering questions from readers of the Katholiek Nieuwsblad, a Dutch Catholic weekly.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Subtitles:- I never play with my words or dress them up, I just take care of everything.- America feels easy at heart with some Islamic tendencies. It even defends their interests.- The security system will not stand still towards violence.- I am not an Islamic writer, but a Muslim writer.- Wearing...