Date of source: Friday, May 7, 2004
The Islamic state does not regards others [non-Muslims] in terms of their religious affiliation. The key aspect of the Islamic state is peaceful coexistence with the other. Muslim conquerors freed the Eastern peoples from this religious persecution. Mikhael Al-Syriani said that the Arabs allowed...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
I spent three days with members of this group after I was invited by them to “go out [exert efforts] for the sake of God.” The inviting sheikh mentioned three conditions that should be metby those who wanted to join the group. The first of these conditions is not speaking about politics and the...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid will be the chairman of the Arab Institute for Renewing Thought, an Arab think tank based in Beirut. He has always wished to participate in independent cultural work. “The modernization of thought is the motto but what is more important than the motto is the means. The aim of...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Bishop Paphnotius and the congregation of the priests of the diocese of Samalut and Taha Al-‘Ameda are bidding farewell to the souls of the innocent martyrs of church service, the priest and members of the administrative committee of the church of Mar Mina of Taha.
Date of source: Friday, May 7, 2004
Since the emergence of Islam, the intellectual dialogue between Christian and Muslim thinkers hasn’t ceased. The dialogue took form through the efforts of Orientalist Christian thinkers who lived in the East at the time of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates.
One of the difficulties that faces...
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
The first festival for Christian feature films took place last week in Alexandria. The festival is the first of its kind in Egypt and the world, and it highlights the history of the Coptic Church, monastic life and the heritage of the Church.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
A Coptic group reached an agreement with American officials to establish self-rule for Copts in Egypt. The statement was released by the “National Coptic Association” that described the agreement as a historical step forward that grants the Copts their rights. Maurice Sadeq, [a Copt] who emigrated...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Salah Shady, one of the prominent Brotherhood leaders wrote, “Hassan Al-Banna [founder of the Muslim Brotherhood] was the good seed for Islamic thought and Sayyed Qutb was the good fruit.” The life of Sayyed Qutb witnessed many conversions and unlimited mysteries.
Qutb knew how to love and how to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood abuses the rulings of the Qur’an and Sunna and manipulates these rulings to achieve political ends. They have not offered a solution for a single problem and they have not even provided suggestions that can help in solving a problem.
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2004
The initiative of the Muslim Brotherhood [for political reform] highlights the right of disagreement in many of its items as a basic democratic principle. In effect, the Brotherhood seeks to impose a single viewpoint over other viewpoints arguing that the imposed point of view is God’s point of...