The Copts – Part VI
Is it enough to have the Sheikh of al-Azhar embracing the Coptic Pope in front of TV cameras as a Sign of National Unity as the Egyptian government claims? On that, the Egyptian writer from New York...
View ArticleBANNED BOOK RECIEVES COURAGEOUS WRITING AWARD: THE LAST PHARAOH
“The Last Pharaoh” dissects the political life in Egypt and Arab countries. The book raised the ire of the Mubarak’s regime as it exposes the deep corruption, grave human rights abuses,...
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Do attacks on Copts have a certain pattern? The writer further claims that: “Recurring rituals: Special rituals have begun to emerge in all attacks on Copts. One of these is incitement against the...
View ArticleThe Copts – Part VIII: Where does the Hatred Come From?
But where does all that hatred towards the Copts come from? What went wrong in Egypt, a country that prided itself on the assumption of peaceful co-existence between its co-religionists who fought...
View ArticleThe Copts – Part IX
Explaining this phenomenon, in a July 9, 2006 article on elaph.com, Egyptian Coptic intellectual Magdi Khalil discussed the attitude of Dr. Muhammad Salim al-Awa, a prominent figure in political Islam...
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Khalil further explains that: “al-Awa condemns Coptic Pope Shenouda’s opposition to the imposition of sharia on the Copts, and the discussion of its details, saying: ‘With regard to specific issues...
View ArticleThe Copts – Part XII
Khalil says that, while al-Awa portends to discuss the rules regulating relations between Muslims and others, his book is full of lies, invention, mistakes, and provocation of hatred.” According to...
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