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Since the "Mustashyakhin" and the people who claimed to be heralds [missionaries, people who call others to adhere to Islam] have renewed their attempts to be influential, Rose El-Youssef has not stopped following them. They were trying to destroy the stability and progress, which the country is...
In the last century, the calls for setting the woman free were repeated by various notable figures. But, this century we have a different call for reducing the role of women. Sheikh Omar Abdel Kafi issued several fatwas concerning birth control. He believes that a boy is better than a girl and...
The Ministry of Al-Awqaf declared recently that the mosques that are present inside the clubs do not follow the ministry. This made us think thoroughly of what was said because in these mosques, religious lessons are held, and preachers are preaching. The leaders of clubs ask preachers to come and...
The state of peaceful relations between Egyptian Muslims and Christians has occupied a prominent place in the media as of late. Although the existence of religious tolerance and absence of religious conflict are often portrayed as an achievement and source of pride, in actuality, they reflect the...
How would the followers of the other religions think of Christ?...This is a question that was answered by the American newspaper "Newsweek". The magazine published a report in which it revealed that the Muslims are the people who most respect Christ and the people who believe most in his calls for...
What is really important about the "Extremism Association" [Translator: The Arabic word for ’association’ is Gama’at. This is a word play on the ’Gama’at el-Islamiya’ which could be translated as the ’Islamic Association’. The author changed this in the ’Extremism Association’.] is that it changes...
Mr. the counselor and the general attorney for Egypt [Editor: this article appears to be an open letter] I would like to present my second complaint against Mr. Youssef Sidhom, the editor-in-chief of "Watani" newspaper because the attitudes of Watani affect social peace and the patriotic unity....
The eighth recommendation stated the following, "Unifying the rules that control building, expanding and restoring the worship places in order to achieve equality among all citizens in spite of their different religions." This recommendation was issued in order to treat a sorrowful reality...
What is the reason of the dialogue between religions, and how should it be? This question was raised after a debate between Jewish, Christian and Islamic delegations in the conference of ’dialogue between religions’ in Jakarta, February 2000, where the conversation turned into an apologetic...
This editorial is a response to a previous article by Al-Wafd Editor-in-Chief Said Abdel Khaliq published in the March 30 edition of the Wafd Weekly. The original article makes reference to a minority of Copts living in the United States who ran advertisements in opposition to the Egyptian...
On personal level, the Pope’s apology to the Arabs for their persecution during the Crusades and later campaigns is a praiseworthy, responsible, and courageous effort to atone for his forefathers’ sins. On a general level, opening the door of apology raises questions as to who and on behalf of whom...
The Egyptian government and people, Christians and Muslims alike, warmly welcomed Pope John Paul II ’s visit. This universal welcome reflected the tolerance and unity of the Egyptian people. After returning to the Vatican, he announced a historic apology for massacres his forefathers committed...
The official and popular welcome of Pope John Paul II reflected Egyptian tolerance and acceptance of "the other." The Pope’s apology came at the beginning of a new stage in East-West relations characterized by dialog and the pursuit of peace and development. The Pope’s visit also supports the...
In spite of the objection of the Mufti and some sheikhs, the Minister of Al-Awqaf issued a decision agreeing to the appointment of women as assistants to the main preachers of the mosques. The Minister confirmed that women would pass through certain tests before they were appointed for these jobs....
The Islamic Dae’ia [a person calling others to adhere to Islam] Omar Abdel Kafi was allegedly called professor, while he has no university degrees, and his identity documents are not accurate. He deceived his followers forbidding them to do things, which he himself did. Rose Al Youssef revealed the...
In his strange 600-page book "The Genesis Story", Eid Wardani refuses to accept the way things are currently represented about the creation. He challenges scholars and denies the existence of the gravity on earth. He also claimed that the devil resides at the equatorial [this is taken literal], and...
[Islamic] extremist groups changed their plan of work regarding the penetration of [secular] Egyptian society after successful security initiatives, which tightened control over the extremists, and restricted their devastation in society. Once again, they have started to access society through the...
October magazine obtained the confessions of five high-ranking members of terrorist groups, who repented after discovering the groups’ lies and deceptions whilst in prison. These members informed the security and religious officials of their decision to repent. After affirming that their repentance...
When three warped people intercepted a female student in Kuwait and whipped her and cut her hair, because she did not wear the veil they were not applying God’s law. The three persons, who were later identified as members of "Al Takfeer Wal Higra" [litt: Calling others infidels and emigration],...
The Philippine extremist group "Abu Sayaf" threatened yesterday to behead 29 hostages, and demanded the liberation of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and Ramsey Youssef. Both men are actually sentenced to jail in the United States of America for their involvement in the bombing of the World Trade Center....

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