Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A description of a visit to the Convent of St. Dimyānah on the Occasion of the festival of Saint Dimyānah whereby Metropolitan Bīshūy provided the delegation with a detailed explanation of Coptic traditions related to the convent. Dr. Picard noted differences between the way Metropolitan Bīshūy and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Discussions about Maḥmūd Ṭāhā’s work 22 years after his execution.
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007
Muhammad Tuhāmī stresses the necessity of separating religion and politics.
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007
The article talks about the Ministry of Interior’s intention to commute the death sentences of the leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah and al-Jihād organization to life imprisonment.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author discusses Christianity in Egypt, and what it means to be a Copt living in a society that constantly struggles with social issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Recent statistics released by the United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF, see: http://www.unicef.org/], revealed that Egypt comes second on the list of countries that practice female circumcision.In hisbook, ’Khitān al-Ināth Fī Manzūr al-Islām’ [Female Circumcision from an Islamic Perspective],...
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author discusses the belief that secularism is the only way of making headway and progress in the Arab world. He critiques Lafīf Lakhdar’s arguments, and considers how relevant they are in reforming Islamic society.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
In his three articles, ‘Abd al-Khāliq stresses the anti-Islamic strategy of the United States and highlights the role of the American Democratic Party to mend the deformed picture of the U.S. in its two sided foreign strategy.
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
If Irving was tried and condemned for his viewpoints who would try our intellectuals, officials and clergymen who individually or collectively deny the human massacres which occurred in the Arab region such as Darfur in Sudan, Halabjah and al-Dijīl in Iraq.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Al-Zawāhirī discusses the conflict
between Islām and atheism and the current circumstances that the Arab region is experiencing in a new video tape.