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Written by MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 1804
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
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In an article published recently on the Arab liberal websites Aafaq, Middle East Transparent, and Modern Discussion, Egyptian liberal Hisham Al-Tukhi adapted Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech for the Egyptian context, urging full civil rights and equality for Egyptian minorities. Fifty years ago, a great Egyptian, [the leader of a] generation that sowed the seeds of freedom that we enjoy today in our land, declared: "Religion belongs to Allah, and the homeland belongs to all."
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Written by David Bedein - The Bulletin
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
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By: David Bedein - The Bulletin
Jerusalem - On Christmas Eve, Pastor Hanna Massad read the Bible and prayed in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Rev. Massad's friend, Rami Ayyad, didn't have that opportunity. On Oct. 7, Mr. Ayyad's body was found face down in Gaza near the Christian Bible store where he worked as an accountant and bookkeeper. He had been shot and stabbed numerous times. Just two weeks shy of 30th birthday, he left a pregnant wife and two small children.
"Rami's death is a shock. We went through a difficult time and that's why we are here in Bethlehem," said Rev. Massad.
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Written by Doug Bandow - www.koreatimes.co.kr
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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By Doug Bandow
In the name of protecting religion, the United Nations has voted against religious liberty. Islam, however, is to be protected from criticism.
Religious persecution is distressingly common around the globe. Most offending states are either Communist or Islamic.
Obviously, the Islamic states, which promoted the resolution against the "defamation of religions," did not mean to criticize persecution of Christians, especially by their own governments.
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Written by Irshad Manji - NY Times
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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IRSHAD MANJI - NY Times
Before the Iraq invasion, a young imam offered some chilling advice to Muslims at the University of Toronto: if they could not fight the jihad against America with their souls or their sons, they should fight with their money. The Muslim Students Association told campus authorities that the imam did not represent the true spirit of Islam. With that, the case was closed.
“Arguing the Just War in Islam” re-opens such debates. John Kelsay, a professor of religion at Florida State University, shows that today’s freelance fatwa-hurlers rarely capture the best of Islamic thought, but are not wholly divorced from it either. Their pronouncements attempt to pass for “Shariah reasoning,” a tradition of reconciling the Koran’s passages and the Prophet Muhammad’s examples to changing times.
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Written by Ed Rizkalla
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
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A Time to Celebrate Coptic Culture
By Ed Rizkalla
As the New Year dawns upon us, let me extend my best wishes to the readers of this cyber forum allover the world. The start of this New Year coincides with the 22nd of the Coptic month of Chiok, 1724 A.M. On this day, the Coptic Orthodox Synaxarion commemorates the departure of Pope Anastasius, the 36th Pope of the See of Saint Mark. Pope Anastasius (605-611 A.D.) is not as well famed as other luminaries of the Coptic Orthodox Church such as Athanasius (328-373 A.D.) and Cyril (412-444 A.D), however his life provides another shining example for the respect for education, knowledge, and love of wisdom.
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