Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
In a seminar organized by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, Copts talked about their human rights grievances. Many prejudices against Copts have recently come to the surface as seen in the events at Al-Kosheh village in Upper Egypt a couple of years ago. The incident in Upper Egypt showed...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2004
Responses to Lord Carey’s Cairo lecture. Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and the Mufti Dr. Ali Goma’a stressed the need for mutual understanding between Muslims and Christians. Questions were asked about bad reporting, the meaning of dialogue and evangelism.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
The articles of Ahmad are nothing but a show of extreme frustration and anger about how the holocaust has been used to create sympathy for Jews and Israel. He could have addressed this but denying or downplaying the holocaust is simply wrong.
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
The leaders of the Tagammu, Wafd and Nasserite Parties are about to complete the formulation of a joint document on “political, democratic and constitutional reform.” The Muslim Brotherhood sees in the Nasserite, Tagammu and Wafd parties a legitimate cover and a channel through which Brotherhood...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Around 100,000 Russian immigrants in Israel are not Jewish according to the Orthodox Jewish law.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Dr. Larry Levine responds to questions about different Jewish denominations, conversion to Judaism in the past and the Israeli Law of Return.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
It is true that Judaism does accept converts. However, Judaism does not seek converts. Indeed, traditional Judaism discourages those who want to convert to Judaism. This is a fundamental difference between the view of Christianity toward non-Christians and Judaism toward non-Jews.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Baptist pastor Dr. Jeff Adams agrees with Dr. Larry Levine, an Orthodox Jew, that some statements of evangelical Christian leaders supporting Israel are reasons for concern. But Dr. Adams asks to avoid putting all Christian evangelicals and/or fundamentalists in the same box, especially in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Father Basilius al-Maqārī exaggerated in AWR, 2005, week 16, art. 46, in my opinion, the parallel between Church clericalism and Islamism. Coptic clergy have been politically active but they do not seek power as Islamists do.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The exaggeration about the comparison between the role of traditional Islam and the Coptic Orthodox Church is simple. It is not the difference in attitude but in numbers/statistics. Copts simply do not have the numbers to seek power as Islamists do.