Latest in Tag: christianity Highlight
Latest in Tag: christianity
Religious scholars recommend ways to combat climate change
Contemporary environmental malpractices are religiously prohibited, say the scholars
Religion and the senses: Western âilluminationsâ and IS tactics
I was watching a televised discussion the other day about displaying movies and conducting plays in mosques, in a room extension adjacent to the mosque that is, and the subsequent conflagration that followed between the two clerical discussants. The objective behind this suggestion, typically enough, was modernising and moderating the khitaab al-dini (religious discourse or …
Coptic families forcibly displaced after Beni Suef attacks
Christian newspaper reports local Muslims tried to protect Copts from villagers angered over âinsults to Islamâ
Arab League head sparks anger among Christians
Nabil El-Araby had claimed that Catholic and Protestant Christians follow different holy books
The Egyptian state: âThe only leaderâ
State policy in managing mosques presumes Muslim unity on âthe official Islam of the stateâ, according to study
Convicted journalist appealing prison sentence: Lawyer
Journalist is charged with inciting sectarian strife and reporting false news
One arrested after Nigeria football pitch bombing: Military
AFP – Nigeriaâs military on Monday said it had made an arrest in connection with the bombing of a football match that killed at least 40 people. âA key suspect in the terror bomb explosion that rocked Kabang community in Mubi, Adamawa state… has been arrested by troops who cordoned [off] the area in swift …
British PM appalled by âbarbaricâ Sudanese death sentence
The Christian Sudanese woman, who was sentenced to hang, was incarcerated with her 20-month-old toddler according to rights activists, and gave birth this week to another baby in jail.
On the fifth day of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas is not just a catchy song
Abu Islamâs prison verdict reduced
The Islamic preacher had appealed a verdict sentencing him to 11 years in jail
The Grand Mufti and Al-Nour Party oppose proposed amendments to Sharia-related articles in the constitution
Controversy surrounds the 50-strong constitutional committee as its members discuss amending articles that pertain to Sharia in the suspended 2012 constitution
The emergence of Christianity in Egypt
The Coptic Era is an important part of Egyptian history that has helped shape society in ways that are still noticeable today.
Dozens of Egyptian Copts tortured in Libya
Copts reportedly tortured by Libya’s Preventive Security for âproselytisingâ
Abu Islam arrest ordered
Prosecution orders Islamist preacher to be detained for contempt of Christianity
Libya arrests Egyptian for spreading Christianity
An Egyptian and three others could face the death penalty for attempting to spread Christianity in Libya
Have faith, son!
After reading my latest column, my 12 year old son emerged from his room with a frustrated look in his eyes, asking âis there nothing good about Egypt that you can write about?â The question was like a slap in the face. I suddenly realised that I have been consumed by my anger at the …
Constitutional crisis continues
The draft doesnât minimise the judiciary or the prosecutionâs jurisdiction
Threat to close Holy Sepulchre over water dispute
A dispute with an Israeli water company threatens to close Christianity’s holiest site, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Abu Islam trial adjourned
Abu Islam is the first Muslim to face charges of contempt of Christianity in Egypt.