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Monday, 17 November 2008 |
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(AINA) -- A Christian bishop received
a threatening letter written by Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish Muslim group
affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq. The letter ordered the Christians to
leave Iraq en masse and stated it is sending a final warning to
Christians in Baghdad and other Iraqi governorates to leave Iraq
permanently.
The letter was published on Al-Ittihad's website, a daily newspaper that covers Iraqi politics.
Here is the translation of the letter:
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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Jews, Christians and all other non-Muslims are not allowed to practice their faith in Saudi Arabia
 by: Ali al-Ahmed, NY Post
SEVERAL Middle Eastern and world leaders will meet in New York this week under United Nations auspices to discuss the world state of religious freedom.
The meeting - part of an initiative of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on religious dialogue - is controversial. Abdullah, an authoritarian ruler, leads one of the most (if not the most) religiously oppressive regimes, which has amply earned its nickname "The Kingdom of Hatred."
A recent US State Department report on religious freedom documents appalling trends in Saudi Arabia, which aspires to be the center of a major world religion yet still practices discriminatory policies toward other religions and oppression of other Islamic sects.
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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 by Ed Rizkalla
“Didactic literature” is one of the most important genres of ancient Egyptian literature. In this article the writer, with the grace of Christ the Lord, continues the review for this type of ancient Egyptian literature to help shed more light on some of the Coptic cultural traits, values and norms. Ancient Egyptian literary creations outline several common themes, e.g. “Justice” or “Maat”. The literature of the Middle Kingdom includes several Didactic compositions including the tale of the “Eloquent Peasant”.
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
 LA Times
In reprisal for the sentencing of two Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia to more than a thousand lashes for drug trafficking and sexual offenses, the Egyptian Labor Force Ministry announced this week Egyptian doctors are banned from signing contracts with Saudi private hospitals.
The ban appears to be an attempt to save the government’s credibility after harsh public criticism of Egypt's failure to protect its expatriates. According to the independent daily El-Masry El-Youm, the government decision was aimed at containing public outrage. The newspaper quoted anonymous sources as saying the labor ministry took the step after diplomatic talks with the Saudi government failed to set aside the lashing sentence.
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Q: Your Holiness, roughly how many Copts are there?
HH: No less than twelve million
In a comprehensive interview to "OTV", upon his return from his trip to the U.S. for treatment, H.H. Pope Shenouda III responded in the interview to a multitude of questions concerning some of the issues that lately burst to the forefront, including the Abu-Fana Monastery and the frequent newspaper articles about divorce in the Coptic church (where the rulings of the church, in accordance with the Holy Bible, and family laws intermingle). His Holiness again confirmed that the church does not criticize the judiciary, albeit that the judiciary does not have authority over the Conscience of the church.
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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 By: Hoda Halim
The world watched with fascination the closing of the American
elections, when Senator Barrack Obama was elected to be the 44th
president of the United States. As I watched, I was thankful to be
living in this great country, but at the same time, it was inevitable
not to draw comparisons between the Western democracies and the
autocracies and theocracies that characterize the systems of governance
in the Arab world.
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
Anti-Christian violence spills into Kenya as Somali Muslims attack in Nairobi
 NAIROBI,
Kenya, October 27 (Compass Direct News) – Among at least 24 aid workers
killed in Somalia this year was one who was beheaded last month
specifically for converting from Islam to Christianity, among other
charges, according to an eyewitness.
Muslim
extremists from the al Shabab group fighting the transitional
government on Sept. 23 sliced the head off of , 25, a
World Food Program (WFP) worker, before horrified onlookers of
Manyafulka village, 10 kilometers (six miles) from Baidoa.
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
 By: MONIR A. DAWOUD, MD
Is it true that five years have passed since he departed from our World? It is really the hardest thing I have faced in my life! How can I talk about Dr. Karas? A brother that I lived with for half of my life. How can I summarize or give hints on a great life like his that can consume thousands of books to write. I will, anyhow- as he always used in his speech- touch few points of the greatest man of our generation.
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