Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
Jews in Egypt are made up of two main ethnic groups, Ashkenazim, Eastern European Jews, and Sefardim, Jews who lived in the East. The latter group is less sympathetic toward the Zionist movement, and they do not differ from the rest of the Egyptians in terms of language, dialect, features or...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
A press conference was convened on Tuesday 16, February, for Armanius’ family that lost four of its members in an offensive accident discovered on 14, January 2005. The US Coptic Organization, in the presence of representatives from different American and international human rights organizations...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2005
Michael Munīr, who was born in al-Minyā in 1968, emigrated to the US in 1990, chooses his words carefully and loves exaggerative statements. His statements give the impression that Egypt is ruled by a gang that slaughters, kidnaps, and steals from Copts. His statements also imply that Egypt needs...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
The Islamic Research Institute at al-Azhar issued a decree banning the circulation of a book called “al-Furqān al-Haqq” [The True Proof], which is considered as the forged American alternative to the Holy Qur’ān. This decision aims at protecting the Qur’ān from being altered or forged.
Date of source: Monday, February 21, 2005
A seminar about translating the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’ān was held in Cairo University headed by Dr ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahman. After 11th September, translation by the Western orientalists often included omission of our verses and our Arab identity.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
Many non-specialists have infiltrated the field of fatwas, especially by airing their opinions on satellite channels. Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, the Muftī of the Republic, warned against the spread of non-specialists in the field of the fatwa who have often appeared on the screens of satellite channels...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The League of Islamic Universities, headed by Dr. Jacfar ‘Abd al-Salām, organized a successful visit for a delegation of the Heads of Catholic universities from all over the world. The Heads of the Catholic universities met with leaders of religious institutions in Egypt and presented their...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
It is terrible how the Bar Association has become a battlefield for sectarian strife between Coptic and Muslim lawyers.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
The intensity of the conflict between Sāmih and Rajā’ī over the Bar Association’s chairmanship increased after Mājid Hannā, the Church candidate decided to withdraw from the elections. He withdrew even though there were a lot of pledges for his success especially from the Church and from his Coptic...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
A symposium organized by Watanī newspaper, at the Qinā governorate city of Najc Hammādī, called for the reinforcement to the core of citizenship by encouraging co-existence, creation of common shared activities that would serve to bring together all Egyptians and requiring youth to practice their...