Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2004
Today, a
harsh delusory media campaign would be mounted against France due to the law banning the donning
of explicit religious symbols. We might as well take France’s ’lead and put our house in order
by going after the countless issues we tend to shelf or place ’on hold’, leaving them...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
Last week, the TV channel Sat 7, a Christian missionary satellite channel, received tens of
angry messages from Muslim viewers concerning the missionary channel’s program, “Questions in
Faith,” that is directed at Muslims. The program discusses sensitive issues in Islamic fiqh
[jurisprudence]...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
In the past two
days, an investigation with the monaqaba woman whose story we published and the television
preacher went on for 15 hours.
The well-known television preacher will be asked to come
to the office of the State Prosecutor. It is expected that a confrontation will take place...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
The US
wants to make use of all means of pressure on the Arab region and the Islamic world as a step to
prepare to control and re-divide the area. This is what is going on now. Coptic expatriates are
one of these means of pressure.
Now, the American administration is using the Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
A new [political] party that rejects Islam and Arabism submitted
its papers last week to the committee of party affairs [affiliated to the Shura Council]. This
party asks for the modification of the Egyptian constitution to remove the Islamic Shari’a as the
primary legislative source of the...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
Khaled El Guindi dealt with story of the sheikh who allegedly seduced monaqabate [Muslim
women wearing a niqab] in two completely contradicting approaches. He told me that he was furious
over what the sheikh did. But he changed his words when he was faced with an audience and
readers: He...
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
A special
version of the book containing the Gnostic scriptures was released in the United States in
English, translated from Coptic in 1977. Later a public version was released in 1981 under the
name of “Nag Hammadi library.” The book contains 47 pieces including a paper by Plato. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Once
the sons of Israel had made a golden calf and started to worship it. This story was repeated
again in the modern era. A Zionist company hosted a festival that is meant to tour the Holy Land.
The festival organizers invited five thousand Jewish youths to attend the celebration of
surprises...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Islamic scholar
and Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq wrote a book in
which he clarified the image of Islam and Muslims.
The book is a remarkable contribution to
the activation of the current dialogue between religions and civilizations in a bid to achieve...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
There are some Christian Arabic-language satellite channels that target Arabs and
Muslims. These channels play a serious role in what is falsely labeled “missionary” work. What
actually happens falls into the realm of a clash between religions and igniting the fire [between
Christianity and...