Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2007
The article reviews a book by researcher Dr. ‘Umar al-Zanātī ‘Āmir entitled, ‘Al-Muskilāt al-Balāghīyah fī-al-Tarjamāt al-‘Ibrīyah li-Ma‘ānī al-Qur’ān’ [rhetorical problems in Hebrew translations of the meanings of the Qur’ān], which tackles attempts to translate the Qur’ān into Hebrew.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2007
The author refers to the need to hold fruitful Islam-West dialogue, and to curb the radical European trend that seeks to silence the moderate Islamic voice and to terrify people about the dangers of Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2007
Mayy Samīr interviews Hans Küng, a Swiss theologian and author of a book entitled ’Islam: Past, Present and Future,’ in which he wrote about his personal viewpoint on Islam, and condemned Western campaigns against it.
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2007
Aḥmad Mu‘ammar reviews John L. Esposito’s book ’Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam’ that was released by Oxford University Press in November 2003. Mu‘ammar considers the book to be a respectable attempt to approach Islam by a Western scholar.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Father Marqus ‘Azīz of the Hanging Church expresses his anxiety over the suspension of restoration works in the Hanging Church.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Sharqāwī accuses Majdī Khalīl of sowing sedition in Egypt and claims that he is prone to exaggeration when discussing Copts’ problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Majdī Khalīl launched his new Middle East Freedoms Forum. The author discusses the opening conference without hiding her criticism and discontentment.
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2007
Counselor Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb discusses the issue of changing the regulations of choosing the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
During elections of The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), both Pope Shenouda III and the deputy Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, Bishop Yūḥannā Qultah, have been entitled as emeritus presidents.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church spokesperson Bishop Marqus has stated that the church has no relation with the Kemi T.V. satellite channel affiliated to Coptic expatriates because the church refuses the exploitation of media to spread spirit of enmity and/or attacking homeland.