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Father Henry Būlād is an Egyptian Jesuit priest and monk, who has written many books. The following lines shed light on his book ‘Jesus in these days’ as well as on his personal life.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
Council of State Deputy Labīb Halīm writes about the role of women serving in church and about uniforms for servants of the church.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá writes about the principle of citizenship and mechanisms to put it in place in light of the 3rd laymen conference a week ago, that hopefully would pave the way for better citizenship in the future. Mūsá, praised the conference participants and described them as stars whose...
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Karam Jabr writes about sectarian issues in Egypt and the danger they pose to society.
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2008
Hūwaydā Yahiyá reports about different opinions of different Christian figures regarding incidents of fitnah.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
The article sheds light on the discussions between Copts and Muslims concerning reports from both sides on the Abū Fānā incidents. More viewpoints are inserted by the author most of which seem to place the blame on the state of Egypt.
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Lutfī responds to ‘Āmir on the subject of his faulty understanding of the salafī approach, citing several examples of the salafī approach leading to and supporting terrorist activities and an anti-moderation that is counter to Islam.
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The author discusses salafism and refers to its origin and definition throughout the Islamic history.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
The article chronicles the appearance of famous dā‘iyahs in Egypt and covers the on-going struggle between the new dā‘iyahs and Salafis to take over the status of the publicly-adored dā‘iyah. The absence of an effective role of the Azhar is also questioned.
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Asmā’ Nassār wrote about a truly controversial issue; the privatization of the Azhar. She says that some of the prominent ’salafī’ Shaykhs, headed by Ja‘far Bin Idrīs, a Sudanese Shaykh, established an Islamic university in California in 1995. An exchange of scholars between this University and...