Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
In his study “Responding to Christians until the fourth hejri [Islamic calendar] century,” Abdel Meguid Al-Sharafy named more than 60 books and research papers to respond to Christians and argue with them. This file examines past confrontations [between Islam and Christianity] and studies the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
Egypt’s Copts reject to be called “Ahl Al-Dhimma” and “Al-Nasara” [Nazarenes] and their favorite term is “Copts” which means “Egyptians” in old hieroglyphic language.
Few days ago, a book titled “Al-Muwatana wa Al-Awlama…Al-Aqbat fi Asr Mutagheir” [Citizenship and Globalization…Copts in a...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
“Non-Muslims in an Islamic society” is a book written by Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi in 1982. The book is a study based on science and thought and focuses on fiqh and history. It examines the legal status of non-Muslims in Islamic societies in all aspects of life. In his book, Al-Qaradawi does not...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
Some people believe that the issue of the loyalty and national affiliation of non-Orthodox Christians in Egypt, Catholics and Protestants, is questionable, especially with the different attitudes of these denominations towards political action.
We emphasize that all [Egyptian] Christina, the...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
In his book “Islam is a Partner,” the German Arabist Fritz Shetebat [we could not find his name on the internet] responds to misconceptions about Islam that are currently being propagated in the West. An Arabic translation of the book was made by Dr. Abdel Gaffar Mekawy and released as part of the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
Ludwig Hagemann, a professor at the Faculty of Theology at Munster University who is a specialist in Islamic-Christian relations, presents in his book “Christianity against Islam” what he believes has been a two-hundred-year attempt to understand and deal with Islam, and to solve the unsolved...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
Dr. Farid Haidar Soliman, the Grand Mufti of Russia and the Northern Pole Zone, called upon Arab and Muslim countries that are members of the Islamic Conference Organization to support the Russian request for joining the organization. He emphasized that this joining will add to the power of Arab...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
The Cairo Social Affairs Department admitted that there is nothing called “The Church of Virgin Mary and Habeel the Pious” in Misr Al-Qadima [old Cairo] district and that it is an imaginary church without a specific location.
A founder of the NGO called Habeel Tawfiq Saeed attempted to change the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Golden Jubilee, fiftieth anniversary, of the consecration of Pope Shenouda III as a monk on the 17th of July. Pope Shenouda was consecrated a monk on the 17th July 1954.
The celebration of this event will be held on the 17th of July in the Monastery of St...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
At the same time that the Brotherhood denies flattering America in order for the Brotherhood to be included in the agenda of reform in the Arab World, Dr. Abdel Mon’em Abu Al-Fotouh, a prominent Brotherhood figure, presented an Islamic view of reform in which he flattered America and marketed the...