Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The controversial book by Bishop Paphnotius is entitled, ‘Hatmyyah al-Nuhūd bil-al-‘Amal al-Kanasī’ [Inevitable Advancement of Church Work]. The following article presents an overview of the book, including the controversial material it published on the intricate inside workings of the Coptic...
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2007
Isma‘īl Husnī discusses how Islam called for secularism and the separation between politics and religion. He stresses that secularism is not a religion or a philosophical doctrine that presents a different view about man and existence. On the contrary, secularism is a tool like democracy that aims...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
Upon Pope Shenouda’s declaration concerning Jews being murderers of Jesus Christ, the Anti-Defamation League [ADL] accuses Pope Shenouda of anti-Semitism and stresses the necessity of teaching tolerance not only to Muslims, but to some Christians of the Arab world.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
This article talks about the new language that has lately been circulating among the people which has started to create tension and unrest within Egyptian society. These widely circulated comments are related to differences, such as between the difference between Muslim and Coptic movies,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Security authorities in the governorate of Qinā managed to control incidents of Muslim-Christian sectarian sedition in the village of al-‘Ulayqāt. Rumors about Christian residents of the village intending to build a church led the Muslim youths to organize demonstrations and to clash with Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
The Citizenship Committee of the General Community Council released a statement that appealed to Egyptian officials to take the required procedures to avoid the repetition of sectarian incidents that have recently taken place in the village of Bimhā in al-‘Ayyāt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl filed a lawsuit against Islamic thinker Muḥammad ‘Imārah, accusing him of igniting sectarian sedition through his continuous criticism against Copts and Pope Shenouda on Egyptian television.
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Muhammad al-Disūqī Rushdī of al-Dustūr believes that the relationship between the Islamic thinker Dr. Muh...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
Prominent Coptic intellectual Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá criticized Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārāh, an Islamic thinker, for attacking Pope Shenouda III on a television program. Zākhir believes that ‘Imārah and his likes pose a great threat to national unity and social development.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The recently erupted sectarian violence in al-‘Ayyāt...