http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/ ©2008 voiceofthecopts.org voiceofthecopts.org 2010-07-29T10:33:15-06:00 http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/who_is_david_cameron_to_say_what_the_real_islam_is.html 2010-07-28T19:22:00-06:00 2010-07-28T19:22:00-06:00 Ed West - Telegraph David Cameron was in Turkey yesterday endorsing Turkish membership of the EU, as blogger Laban Tall says, “doubtless driven by that grass-roots Tory pressure for a few million Turks to come to the UK”. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/islam_needs_more_tolerance_not_more_mosques.html 2010-07-27T06:05:00-06:00 2010-07-27T06:05:00-06:00 Ramdas Lamb -The Washington Post One has to wonder how long the U.S. will continue to tip toe around its relationship with Islam and Muslims. There seems to be so many situations in which anything to do with Islam is treated with kid gloves by politicians and the politically correct in fear of offending http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_tragedy_of_egypt_s_copts.html 2010-07-26T06:37:00-06:00 2010-07-26T06:37:00-06:00 Tarek Heggy “Do the Copts in Egypt suffer from serious problems in their own country?” The only possible answer is: “Yes”. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_parliament_versus_european_parliament.html 2010-07-23T11:48:00-06:00 2010-07-23T11:48:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah The Arab Republic of Egypt has always been considered by the West to be a leader among all Arab-Muslim countries. In order to unveil the real face of Arabs to the West and better comprehend their mentality we can begin by examining the Arabs who lead Egypt. It is vital for our political leaders to understand the attitude of Arabs toward the West in considering policies to protect our country. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_mosque_near_ground_zero.html 2010-07-21T05:01:00-06:00 2010-07-21T05:01:00-06:00 Tom Flynn - Washington Post The New York City community board endorsed the Cordoba House, a community center and mosque planned for construction near Ground Zero. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/loyalty_to_islam_no_borders.html 2010-07-16T22:05:00-06:00 2010-07-16T22:05:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah The U.S constitution has been in existence for more than two hundred years and is based upon the conviction that a civilized nation is built on freedom and human rights. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/united_states_and_israel_in_an_era_of_uncertainty.html 2010-07-16T18:37:00-06:00 2010-07-16T18:37:00-06:00 Vassilios Damiras The United States and Israel are close allies fighting Global Jihadist terrorism throughout the years. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/afghanistan_and_the_surge.html 2010-07-12T12:43:00-06:00 2010-07-12T12:43:00-06:00 Vassilios Damiras The famous military terms counterterrorism and counterinsurgency dominated the political and military lexicons after the brutal terrorist attacks organized by al Qaeda against the Twins Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_blackmailer_s_paradox_arab-israel_negotiations_are_a_game.html 2010-07-05T15:23:00-06:00 2010-07-05T15:23:00-06:00 Prof. Yisrael Aumann -Israel National News Two men—let us call them Reuben and Simon—are put in a small room containing a suitcase filled with bills totaling $100,000. The owner of the suitcase announces the following: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/militant_islam_questions_for_the_west.html 2010-07-05T07:35:00-06:00 2010-07-05T07:35:00-06:00 Tarek Heggy The voices now raised in the West in general -- and in the United States in particular -- to warn against the menace of "militant Islam" would do well to ask themselves a number of questions: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/global_jihad_a_global_threat_to_global_peace.html 2010-07-05T06:16:00-06:00 2010-07-05T06:16:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras It is evident that we live in a very dangerous and totally confusing world. A very vicious international network al-Qaeda of radical Muslim forces is menacing the global order or Pax America (American Peace)/Globalization by utilizing terrorism as a grand strategy. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_truman_doctrine_redux.html 2010-06-27T14:45:00-06:00 2010-06-27T14:45:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras 21st Century American Foreign Policy and the Middle East http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/fatah_cannot_make_peace_and_can_t_make_war.html 2010-06-20T04:32:00-06:00 2010-06-20T04:32:00-06:00 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - Israel National News Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah party, has again canceled elections because of fears that Hamas supporters or independent parties will fill the growing leadership vacuum in the PA, the Associated Press reported Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/we_have_no_problem_to_be_tolerant_of_the_tolerant.html 2010-06-12T16:25:00-06:00 2010-06-12T16:25:00-06:00 By DAVID HOROVITZ - Jerusalem Post The growth in support for his party, says Geert Wilders, shows that the Dutch are waking up to the Islamic threat. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/greece_an_economic_titanic.html 2010-06-04T19:31:00-06:00 2010-06-04T19:31:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras Greece is the cradle of Western Civilization and the inspiration of the founding democratic principles and values of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/greece_the_u_s_a_and_the_global_war_on_terror.html 2010-05-31T06:35:00-06:00 2010-05-31T06:35:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras Greece throughout her history has battled jihadist terrorism, despotism, and totalitarianism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/how_islamists_came_to_dominate_european_islam.html 2010-05-26T15:02:00-06:00 2010-05-26T15:02:00-06:00 DANIEL PIPES - Jerusalem Post Ian Johnson's new study is classic 1950s intrigue, complete with rehabilitated Nazis, CIA-front organizations and dueling Soviet-American ambitions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/ground_zero_mosque_a_cultural_center_or_islamization.html 2010-05-20T07:20:00-06:00 2010-05-20T07:20:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah, article published in American Thinker This past week, just a few months prior to the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, the Planning Commission of lower Manhattan has approved the construction of a $100 million mosque near the site of Ground Zero. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/brazil_and_turkey_mediators_for_what.html 2010-05-20T05:14:00-06:00 2010-05-20T05:14:00-06:00 EMILY B. LANDAU - Jerusalem Post The irony of the new Iran uranium deal. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/christians_are_persecuted_in_a_muslim_country.html 2010-05-19T12:45:00-06:00 2010-05-19T12:45:00-06:00 Cristina Odone David Alton, the man who left the Lib Dems when he realised that they cared more about the rights of a goldfish than an unborn child, has reminded me of the struggle Christians face daily in Iraq. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/three_interlinked_problematics.html 2010-05-19T06:32:00-06:00 2010-05-19T06:32:00-06:00 Tarek Heggy 1]   Identity: On August 13, 1947, the Muslim Indian who went to bed resolved to remain in India woke up on August 14, 1947 still an Indian. But Muslim Indians who chose to leave India and join the new entity, Pakistan, slept as Indians and woke up the next morning having dropped the word Indian from their name and replaced it with a new appellation derived from the word ‘Pakistan’. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/uk_catholic_high_school_forces_female_students_to_dress_as_musli.html 2010-05-16T13:37:00-06:00 2010-05-16T13:37:00-06:00 The OPINIONATO Female students at the Ellesmere Port Catholic High School in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire were ordered to dress like (not mandated by the Qur'an) muslim women by wearing trousers, long sleeve shirts or blouses and headscarves on a compulsory school field trip to a local mosque. Students who refused to Islamicise their outfit were punished by being branded a truant and their permanent school record marked with an unauthorized absence. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/jordan_valley_jews_fight_bedouin_encroachment.html 2010-05-12T04:08:00-06:00 2010-05-12T04:08:00-06:00 Hillel Fendel - Israel National News The problem of Bedouin encroachment on state-owned lands may have met a partial solution; Jewish residents brought about an evacuation of one new encampment. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/peace_hopeless_until_culture_of_honoring_terrorists_ends.html 2010-05-04T07:35:00-06:00 2010-05-04T07:35:00-06:00 ZOE FOX - Jerusalem Post A Palestinian Media Watch study concludes immortalizing 'martyrs' significant to Palestinian society. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/iran_rivalry_behind_cairo_s_hizbullah_tension.html 2010-05-01T15:17:00-06:00 2010-05-01T15:17:00-06:00 JONATHAN SPYER - Jerusalem Post Arab leaders in way of Iran's hegemonic ME goal. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/does_the_world_need_another_9_11_to_wake_up.html 2010-04-22T18:43:00-06:00 2010-04-22T18:43:00-06:00 Derek Cling - Israel National News David J. Rusin is a former astrophysicist who is now the director of the Islamist Watch of the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based foreign affairs think tank. He recently spoke with Israel National Radio's Tovia Singer about educational work he is doing with Islamist Watch to raise awareness in the United States concerning the internal threat of Radical Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/sanctions_are_utterly_futile.html 2010-04-13T03:51:00-06:00 2010-04-13T03:51:00-06:00 Prof. Louis Rene Beres - Israel National News Towards US Nuclear Conference Monday: Beres says sanctions against Iran will never work. A dispassionate, sobering analysis of the nuclear threat and the costs and benefits of how Israel might deal with it. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/wanted_a_calm_credible_voice_to_soothe_americans_fear_of_islam.html 2010-04-12T04:28:00-06:00 2010-04-12T04:28:00-06:00 MARY SANCHEZ - McClatchy Newspapers Here's a job posting worthy of only the most stellar applicants. In fact, only those rare individuals with near-superhuman powers to untangle the crossed circuitry in the American mindset need apply. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_eurozone_and_greece.html 2010-04-08T19:45:00-06:00 2010-04-08T19:45:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras - VOTC Coordinator State Illinois German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s diplomatic/economic victory in blocking and undermining an automatic bailout for the Greek troubled economy; clearly it is good news for the shaky and unstable eurozone in a short term. Greece for decades has overspent and has a very corrupt political/economic system. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/greece_and_the_war_on_terror.html 2010-04-06T19:55:00-06:00 2010-04-06T19:55:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras - VOTC Coordinator State Illinois Greece throughout her history has battled jihadist terrorism, despotism, and totalitarianism. The Athenian Empire, Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic Kingdoms, the Greco-Roman power, the glorious Byzantine Empire, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/president_obama_s_foreign_policy.html 2010-04-03T16:48:00-06:00 2010-04-03T16:48:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras President Barack Obama’s foreign policy can be analyzed in two vital parts: first, his goals and decision-making mechanism and, second, his policies and implementation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/muslim_law_students_war_against_free_speech.html 2010-03-26T04:52:00-06:00 2010-03-26T04:52:00-06:00 Eric Giunta - FrontPage. Florida State University College of Law is rather moderate as far as law schools go. Sure, nearly all the faculty are committed leftists, but they tend to be fair in their instruction, and are always willing to engage a conservative or libertarian constructively. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/greece_and_the_issue_of_terror.html 2010-03-15T08:52:00-06:00 2010-03-15T08:52:00-06:00 VassiliosDamiras In 1981, Andreas Papandreou and his radical Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won the national general elections. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_prisons_of_the_arab_mind.html 2010-03-09T19:55:00-07:00 2010-03-09T19:55:00-07:00 Tarek Heggy I have been studying the Arab mindset for the last four decades from several perspectives. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/al-azhar_comes_to_the_cathedral.html 2010-02-25T15:55:00-07:00 2010-02-25T15:55:00-07:00 Faith The Washington National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church will host a “Christian-Muslim Summit,” March 1-3, 2010. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_regime_a_model_of_arab_hypocrisy.html 2010-02-20T09:52:53-07:00 2010-02-20T09:52:53-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah While the hypocrisy and deception of Arab leaders toward the West have reached serious levels, Western leaders continue to compromise and jeopardize our future by failing to find alternative energy sources, allowing Arab investments and receiving Arab culture. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/colin_hannaford_director_idm_comment_on_the_arab.html 2010-01-24T14:02:00-07:00 2010-01-24T14:02:00-07:00 Admin - Thanks to dr. Tarek Heggy Dear Doctor Heggy, I greatly enjoyed meeting you in KCL last week. I found your book deeply interesting and informative and have made some comments that I hope you may find useful. They are attached. I remain, thankfully and in great admiration, Colin Hannaford. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mlk_had_a_dream_israel_included.html 2010-01-18T05:58:00-07:00 2010-01-18T05:58:00-07:00 MARC SCHNEIER - Jerusalem Post More than four decades after his death, the lessons from the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remain as telling today as they did in the days when his teachings revolutionized a nation and led to a new understanding of civil rights. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mubarak_responsible_for_copts_blood.html 2010-01-17T01:09:00-07:00 2010-01-17T01:09:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah - on American Thinker A couple of years ago, I wrote to the Egyptian ambassadors in Washington, D.C., Rome, and the Vatican. My open letter was published prior to the Copts' Christmas and contained an invitation to the Egyptian authorities to stop their farcical Christmas visits to the Coptic churches. Copts all over the world, and some Westerners, recognized those visits as propaganda in favor of the Egyptian regime. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/not_all_muslims_are_suicide_killers_but_all_suicide_killers_are_.html 2010-01-15T04:47:00-07:00 2010-01-15T04:47:00-07:00 Tarek Heggy Earlier today, I was lying on my gynecologist’s table in a highly exposed position when suddenly she said: “You’re probably going to think this is very politically incorrect but isn’t it crazy not to profile? I mean, isn’t it clear who’s doing what?” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/israel_the_arabs_the_post-settlement_challenge.html 2010-01-13T06:10:00-07:00 2010-01-13T06:10:00-07:00 Tarek Heggy I believe that the two-state solution is coming in the near horizon, regardless of the approval or disapproval of some. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/europe_s_looming_demise.html 2009-12-31T03:58:00-07:00 2009-12-31T03:58:00-07:00 Pamela Geller - Washington Times "The Europe as you know it from visiting, from your parents or friends is on the verge of collapsing," Geert Wilders said in a speech in the United States last year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_regime_interfering_in_swiss_internal_affairs.html 2009-12-25T16:30:00-07:00 2009-12-25T16:30:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah The behavior of the current Egyptian regime is effectively a continuation of Arab practices during their occupation of Egypt in the past 1430 years. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/sharia_law_sneaked_into_labour_budget.html 2009-12-13T19:06:00-07:00 2009-12-13T19:06:00-07:00 Kirsty Buchanan - Daily Express THE Treasury plans to rewrite Britain’s tax rules to usher in a new wave of Sharia law for the country’s financial system. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/wishful_thinking_biased_reporting_endanger_rifqa_bary.html 2009-12-05T12:43:00-07:00 2009-12-05T12:43:00-07:00 Pamela Geller - American Thinker A new government case plan directs Rifqa Bary, the girl who fled from her family in fear for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam, to talk about religion with her Muslim parents, and work toward Rifqa returning home. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/banning_minarets_and_democracy.html 2009-12-03T17:58:00-07:00 2009-12-03T17:58:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah Sunday, November 29, 2009 will be remembered as a turning point in the protection of our democracy and freedom. I believe that all of the West must congratulate every Swiss citizen that voted to ban the building of Minarets as well as those who agreed to allow them to be built. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/open_letter_to_coptic_pope.html 2009-12-02T02:41:00-07:00 2009-12-02T02:41:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah His Holiness Pope Shenuda III, Patriarch and Bishop’s President of the great Alexandria, I am certain that this open letter will meet various disappointments in the Coptic community. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/will_saudis_allow_construction_of_cathedrals_to_challenge_swiss.html 2009-12-01T03:40:00-07:00 2009-12-01T03:40:00-07:00 Dr. Nazir S Bhatti - Pakistan Christian Post Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC expressed surprise on statement of Pakistani representatives in UNHRC expressing concern on Swiss vote ban on construction of minarets on mosques and other Islamic institutions in Switzerland when construction of new Churches in Pakistan has to follow strict government guidelines which prohibits one furlong from existing mosque and use of loudspeakers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/free_speech_silenced_at_columbia_and_princeton.html 2009-11-26T17:42:00-07:00 2009-11-26T17:42:00-07:00 Pamela Geller Nonie Darwish, the executive director of Former Muslims United and author of Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law, was scheduled to speak at Columbia and Princeton Universities last week, but both events were canceled under pressure from Muslim groups on campus. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_proliferation_of_the_radical_jinni.html 2009-11-23T11:08:00-07:00 2009-11-23T11:08:00-07:00 Tarek Heggy The Fuel of Intolerant Islam http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_different_kind_of_ice_cream_truck.html 2009-11-24T03:55:00-07:00 2009-11-24T03:55:00-07:00 Baldilocks There use to be a mosque near my home, but the adherents have since move their digs to Crenshaw Boulevard. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/political_correctness_and_preaching_religion.html 2009-11-22T10:08:00-07:00 2009-11-22T10:08:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah A few days ago, during the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) meetings in Rome, Libyan president, Gaddafi shows us once again the Arab mentality and methods. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/i_only_hope_we_find_god_again_before_it_is_too_late.html 2009-11-21T17:58:00-07:00 2009-11-21T17:58:00-07:00 Ben Stein The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/is_it_permissible_to_join_a_kaafir_army.html 2009-11-19T13:52:00-07:00 2009-11-19T13:52:00-07:00 Umar Lee In the years since 9/11, we have seen a serious re-defining and whitewashing of what our deen is and is not. Since the Ft Hood shootings, and even before that, we have seen many Muslim organizations refer to US troops which are occupying Muslim lands, as “our troops”. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/it_isn_t_political_correctness_it_s_shariah.html 2009-11-13T08:34:00-07:00 2009-11-13T08:34:00-07:00 Pamela Geller - American Thinker In surveying the cultural carnage in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on a military installation in U.S. history, it bears noting that there have been seismic shifts in America. When America was free of the shackles of Islam, say, fifty years ago, the current response to such an attack by an enemy faction would have been unthinkable. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/politically_correct_is_morally_wrong.html 2009-11-12T03:35:00-07:00 2009-11-12T03:35:00-07:00 JAY AMBROSE - News Chief Suppose Maj. Nidal Hassan had called a meeting of agents of the FBI and top officers of Fort Hood, and then said something like this: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/european_court_and_the_crucifixes.html 2009-11-08T14:09:00-07:00 2009-11-08T14:09:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah The international system is spinning to please part of the world. A great number of western people simply call it political correctness. Others, including myself, consider it attacking certain beliefs, or simply attacking Christianity. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/who_attacked_the_mosque_in_gaza_city.html 2009-11-08T04:22:00-07:00 2009-11-08T04:22:00-07:00 Hana Levi Julian - Israel National News Who attacked the mosque in Gaza City in which 21 people allegedly died during Israel's counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead last winter in Gaza? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/devout_muslim_psychiatrist_massacred_13_us_soldiers.html 2009-11-07T15:32:00-07:00 2009-11-07T15:32:00-07:00 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - Israel National News The man who pulled the trigger and massacred 13 U.S. army soldiers Thursday and wounded 30 others is the grandson of Arabs from Samaria, a devout Muslim psychiatrist and a U.S. army officer who screamed, “Allah Akbar” (Arabic for Allah is Great) before he fired. The attack ended after he was seriously wounded, and he is in intensive care at an army hospital. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/state_dept_s_religious_report_under_attack.html 2009-11-05T03:32:00-07:00 2009-11-05T03:32:00-07:00 Hillel Fendel - Israel National News Critical reactions to the U.S. State Department’s 2009 International Religious Freedoms Report’s section on Israel continue to be expressed. The official report, which accuses Israel of “governmental and legal discrimination against non-Jews and non-Orthodox streams of Judaism,” has itself been accused of being a “protracted denunciation against Israel’s Jewish character.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_political_system_and_copts.html 2009-11-03T12:45:00-07:00 2009-11-03T12:45:00-07:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah Egypt has a unique political system and language. The system is made to serve the regime’s purpose inside the country as well as its relationship with the international world. Egypt became a republic after the 1952 coup, as in any republic system the president has to be elected among others who are bidding to lead the country. Citizens vote for the candidate whose promises meet their needs. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/dormant_conscience.html 2009-10-30T19:52:00-06:00 2009-10-30T19:52:00-06:00 Ashraf Edward - Attorney Days and the people standing insistence of various religion and sects and political groups and rich and poor, it happened behind the rarely comes along only every four years, is the next match with Algeria to select the team were promoted to World Cup http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/unesco_awards_an_egyptian_scientist.html 2009-10-22T20:35:00-06:00 2009-10-22T20:35:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah L’Oreal, the French science academy of UNESCO, chooses an Egyptian woman for best scientist out of top five, for the year 2010. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/criticizing_islam_sorry_you_re_cancelled.html 2009-10-16T05:48:00-06:00 2009-10-16T05:48:00-06:00 Pamela Geller - Human Events Conservative warrior David Horowitz was scheduled to speak at St. Louis University this month. But he won’t be. University officials canceled his speech because of its title: “Islamo-Fascism Awareness and Civil Rights.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/israeli_organ_theft_are_ugly_false_harmful_and_they_spread.html 2009-10-16T05:33:00-06:00 2009-10-16T05:33:00-06:00 ANDREA LEVIN - Wall Street journal Anatomy of a Swedish Blood Libel http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/arabs_default_more_on_taxes_not_because_of_nationalism.html 2009-10-15T11:34:00-06:00 2009-10-15T11:34:00-06:00 Hillel Fendel - Israel National News A research study conducted in Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva finds that Jews are three times as likely to pay property taxes than Arabs – and explains why. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/if_you_don_t_get_islamic_ideology.html 2009-10-07T15:04:00-06:00 2009-10-07T15:04:00-06:00 Andy McCarthy - The Corner You Don't Get the Problem in Afghanistan http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/unesco_election_and_arab_hypocrisy_the_victim_game.html 2009-10-01T18:40:00-06:00 2009-10-01T18:40:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah On behalf of Voice of the Copts, I offer best wishes to the newly elected UNESCO Director-General, Her Excellence Ambassador Irina Bokova, wishing her the best of luck in serving cultural interests in the international community. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_security_services_watch_european_salafists.html 2009-09-29T04:05:00-06:00 2009-09-29T04:05:00-06:00 Spiegel Online Many deeply religious students from Europe come to Egypt to learn Arabic. The question is: are these European Salafists coming to study the language of the Koran or to prepare terrorist attacks? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/pakistani_mosque_forced_to_close.html 2009-09-20T06:31:00-06:00 2009-09-20T06:31:00-06:00 Ross Robertson - Europe News AN Islamic community must find a new place of worship after a controversial mosque was shown the red card. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/unesco_farouk_hosni_no_thanks.html 2009-09-13T20:17:00-06:00 2009-09-13T20:17:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah In order to cement the refusal to have the Egyptian Minister of Cultural to lead one of United Nations' organization, a few points do need to be emphasized;  http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_coptic_cause_is_not_for_sale.html 2009-09-06T19:35:00-06:00 2009-09-06T19:35:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah Lately I noticed that many self proclaimed Coptic leaders are acting suspiciously. In order to clarify facts to our readers and Copts, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/britain_s_move_to_islam_pools_accept_muslim_dress_code.html 2009-08-25T08:56:00-06:00 2009-08-25T08:56:00-06:00 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - Israel National News Europe continues to move to Islamic Sharia rule: Several British swimming pools require non-Muslims to dress like Muslims to avoid offending them, even though the sessions are held separately for men and women. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/1109.html 2009-08-23T18:40:00-06:00 2009-08-23T18:40:00-06:00 Nedal Naisseh - Curtsey of Mr. Salah El Dean Mohssein We have often heard through the wailing, and mourning Arab mass media about the Western conspiracy against Arabs, and its efforts to undermine the foundations of the Arab presence, ethics, existence, and heritage. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/may_we_please_have_the_moon.html 2009-08-21T04:50:00-06:00 2009-08-21T04:50:00-06:00 Janet S. Tiger copyright 11/15/2003, all rights reserved http://playsbyjanetstiger.com/Jews_on_Moon.html http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/analysis_copts_in_egypt_and_muslims_in_the.html 2009-08-20T00:05:00-06:00 2009-08-20T00:05:00-06:00 Ruqaya Izzidien -Daily News Egypt CAIRO: Copts calling for equal rights in Egypt and Muslims calling for equal rights in Europe could easily be grouped together under the category of religious minorities struggling for equality. But for some, such a statement would be inaccurate. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/arab_journalist_arab_world_puts_refugees_through_hell.html 2009-08-13T18:52:00-06:00 2009-08-13T18:52:00-06:00 Maayana Miskin - israelnationalnews Prominent Arab journalist Daoud Al-Shiryan has recently written columns harshly criticizing the Arab world for its mistreatment of “Palestinian refugees.” Arab refusal to integrate the “refugees” into society is “no different than objecting to peace,” said Al-Shiryan in columns translated by MEMRI. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_57_years_later_4.html 2009-08-12T06:35:00-06:00 2009-08-12T06:35:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah When Anwar Sadat was assassinated Hosni Mubarek had come to power immediately becoming the fourth Egyptian president. Even though he was not part of the “free officers” who were actively involved in 1952 coup, he was a military pilot who had participated in various Egyptian military operations.  http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/buddhists_fear_to_walk_in_southern_thailand.html 2009-08-08T10:10:00-06:00 2009-08-08T10:10:00-06:00 Lee Jay Walker - theseoultimes Buddhism in Thailand Nearly 95% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though its Buddhism has become integrated with folk beliefs such as ancestor worship as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population. Buddhist temples are characterized by tall golden stupas, and its architecture is similar to those of Cambodia and Laos. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/1034.html 2009-08-06T16:22:00-06:00 2009-08-06T16:22:00-06:00 New York Times MULTAN, Pakistan — It has been 12 years since Fida Hussein Ghalvi testified against the militant who was charged with killing 12 members of his family. But some days he feels as if he were the one who ended up in jail. He still gets threats, his servants all quit and an armed guard is posted at his gate. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_muslim_high_school.html 2009-08-03T13:24:00-06:00 2009-08-03T13:24:00-06:00 DNR If you don’t think the creeping influence of Islam is a problem in America, look at what happened at a public school in Dearborn, Mich., a city famous because Muslims have just about taken it over. The Muslim principal of Fordson High School fired the wrestling coach because a student wrestler abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obamamania_on_a_slow_crawl_among_muslims.html 2009-08-03T05:20:00-06:00 2009-08-03T05:20:00-06:00 Hana Levi Julian - Israel National News A new poll has found that "Obamamania" has not erupted in the Muslim world. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_crafting_of_obama_s_cairo_speech_to_world_s_muslims.html 2009-08-02T20:00:00-06:00 2009-08-02T20:00:00-06:00 Christi Parsons - Los Angeles Times The president worked with dozens but put his own delicate touch onto a blunt address that would grab global attention -- and some criticism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/fatah_to_back_violence_reject_israel_as_jewish_state.html 2009-08-02T04:52:00-06:00 2009-08-02T04:52:00-06:00 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - Israel National News The Fatah party, which leads the Palestinian Authority, will meet in Bethlehem this week and call for “controlled violence” against Israel, the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/global_terror_warning_as_somali_militants_flex_muscles.html 2009-08-01T12:17:00-06:00 2009-08-01T12:17:00-06:00 David McKenzie - CNN NAIROBI -- An Al Qaeda-linked militant group waging war against Somalia's fragile government is becoming an increasing threat to Western ally Kenya and could potentially destabilize the region with dire consequences for global security, officials and analysts warn. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/976.html 2009-07-31T06:18:00-06:00 2009-07-31T06:18:00-06:00 Hillel Fendel - Israel National News US Pres. Obama’s demand that Israel not settle Jews in the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria ignores thoroughly-documented Jewish roots in the Land of Israel, and in Judea/Samaria in particular. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/muslim_converts_to_christianity_targeted_in_somalia.html 2009-07-30T20:01:00-06:00 2009-07-30T20:01:00-06:00 Lee Jay Walker - theseoultimes In some parts of the world it can be very dangerous to convert from Islam to Christianity, or any other faith. Sometimes Christians are killed by radical Muslims or sometimes by the state which sanctions death or prison. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/revenge_of_the_shoe_bomber.html 2009-07-30T07:44:00-06:00 2009-07-30T07:44:00-06:00 DEBRA BURLINGAME - Wall Street Jornal The terrorist sues to resume his jihad from prison. The Obama administration caves in. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/more_honor_killings_in_the_west_yet_no_outrage.html 2009-07-28T17:02:00-06:00 2009-07-28T17:02:00-06:00 Pamela Geller - Human Events “The struggle for women’s equality continues in many aspects of American life,” said Barack Obama in Cairo in June, “and in countries around the world.” Too bad Obama wasn’t speaking about Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_57_years_later_3.html 2009-07-28T06:20:00-06:00 2009-07-28T06:20:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah In my previous two articles, I had emphasized what is one of the main Arab characteristics - the art of lying otherwise known as Taqia.   http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/as_muslim_women_suffer_feminists_avert_their_gaze.html 2009-07-27T11:23:00-06:00 2009-07-27T11:23:00-06:00 Robert Fulford - National Post Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, an angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan, has started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/why_this_silence_on_organised_anti-hindu_violence_in_bangladesh.html 2009-07-25T18:23:00-06:00 2009-07-25T18:23:00-06:00 Richard L Benkin - The Pioneer A terrifying existence http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_57_years_later_2.html 2009-07-25T08:06:00-06:00 2009-07-25T08:06:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah The celebration of a false victory invented by Nasser after the stalemate of 1956’s war is a clear indication and key to understand the typical Arab’s mindset. One of the tenets of Islam is to lie to others. Over time, the liar will even accept the lie to be true. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_57_years_later_1.html 2009-07-22T11:38:00-06:00 2009-07-22T11:38:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah This Thursday will mark the 57th anniversary of a sad hour of Egyptian history in the 20th century.  http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/two_measures_and_two_scales_in_the_arab_world.html 2009-07-20T21:04:00-06:00 2009-07-20T21:04:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah The recent murder of a Egyptian who was Muslim occurred couple of weeks ago in Dresden, Germany had made great news in Egypt and in the Arab world. The Germans handled the murder in the normal way that news of this sort is normally handled. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/muslim_world_s_rage_missing_over_uighurs_plight.html 2009-07-19T17:01:00-06:00 2009-07-19T17:01:00-06:00 Moisés Naím - Philadelphia inquirer Where are the fatwas? The angry marches in front of embassies, the indignant speeches? Where are al-Qaeda's videos? In short, what does China have that Denmark did not? China has been actively discriminating against Muslims, and recently a number of them have been killed in violent street riots. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/who_are_the_fascists_in_europe.html 2009-07-18T02:00:00-06:00 2009-07-18T02:00:00-06:00 Paul - Power Line We write from time to time about European politicians and parties -- notably Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom in the Netherlands -- that are standing up against the Islamization of Europe http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_diffrence_between_civile_and_uncivilized.html 2009-07-11T15:30:00-06:00 2009-07-11T15:30:00-06:00 Baruch Gordon - Israel National News Israeli Research: Fighting Swine Flu Pandemic With Mathematics http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/never_surrender_never_submit_never_be_silenced.html 2009-07-04T19:24:00-06:00 2009-07-04T19:24:00-06:00 jihadwatch on this Independence Day join us in our fight for freedom and independence forever http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/islamic_law_challenges_western_freedom.html 2009-06-30T05:50:00-06:00 2009-06-30T05:50:00-06:00 Mona Moussly - Al Arabiya Islamic law should not be recognized under the United Kingdom’s arbitration laws because its principles are outdated and they contradict Western laws, a report by a British think-tank said on Monday, which Muslim figures dismissed as "scaremongering." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_s_plans_for_pa_state_stuck_in_neutral.html 2009-06-23T12:50:00-06:00 2009-06-23T12:50:00-06:00 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - Israel National News The deep division between Israeli and American views on the future of Judea and Samaria became more evident Tuesday when the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the cancellation of a planned meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, in France. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/police_load_protestors_in_frozen_meat_van.html 2009-06-22T04:19:00-06:00 2009-06-22T04:19:00-06:00 Staff - Israel National News An Iranian philosophy professor protesting the elections in Iran has revealed in his personal diary on Facebook.com scenes that vary from surreal comedy to all-too-real brutality. After the beating of a riot policeman, he admits, “We’re not beasts! We’re not like them!’ I think, ‘But the bastard deserves it.’ I don’t recognize myself and my feelings anymore.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/khamenei_raises_stakes_as_iran_braces_for_violence.html 2009-06-19T17:18:00-06:00 2009-06-19T17:18:00-06:00 Martin Fletcher -The Times Iran’s Supreme Leader dramatically raised the stakes in his country’s political crisis today by demanding an end to the massive street demonstrations and warning of a violent crackdown if they continued. He also accused "treacherous" Britain of leading a western conspiracy to destablise the Islamic Republic by fomenting the protests. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_seven-point_manifesto_of_the_iranian_resistance.html 2009-06-16T19:00:00-06:00 2009-06-16T19:00:00-06:00 pajamasmedia Their demands include no less than the resignation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This widely circulated document has been translated by PJM's Ardeshir Arian. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/napolitano_adds_adviser_with_ties_to_terror_backers.html 2009-06-08T18:53:00-06:00 2009-06-08T18:53:00-06:00 Aaron Klein - WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in to her official advisory council the head of an Arab American organization whose officials have labeled deadly anti-U.S. jihadists as "heroes" and opposed referring to Hamas as a terrorist organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_taliban_will_never_be_defeated.html 2009-06-06T14:59:00-06:00 2009-06-06T14:59:00-06:00 Christina Lamb - The Times ‘Colonel Imam’, the Pakistani agent who trained Mullah Omar and the warlords to fight the Soviets, says the US must negotiate with its enemies http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/barack_obama_routs_hardliners.html 2009-06-05T05:02:00-06:00 2009-06-05T05:02:00-06:00 The times Barack Obama must have said something right if Osama bin Laden, Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran and the Jewish settlers on the West Bank all lined up to denounce his speech to the Arab and Muslim worlds. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_delivers_strong_attack_on_israeli_settlements_in_speech_to.html 2009-06-05T04:52:00-06:00 2009-06-05T04:52:00-06:00 James Hider - The Times Before a crowd of robed Muslim clerics, dissidents who have served time in jail, students from across the region and besuited government officials from authoritarian regimes, President Obama made an historic speech yesterday to try to mend America’s battered ties with the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_prepares_to_embrace_muslim_world_in_cairo_speech.html 2009-06-04T03:41:00-06:00 2009-06-04T03:41:00-06:00 James Hider / Jenny Booth -The Times President Obama held talks with Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian President, in Cairo this morning as he prepared to deliver a keenly awaited speech reaching out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/more_than_the_muslim_world_watches_obama.html 2009-06-03T16:36:00-06:00 2009-06-03T16:36:00-06:00 Manya Brachear - Chicago Tribune Much is being made of President Barack Obama’s upcoming address to the Muslim world in Cairo on Thursday. The White House has made clear that Obama wants to assure Muslims around the world that Americans share common goals and want to work together to achieve them. But religious minorities in Egypt including Coptic Orthodox Christians and Bahá'ís want assurances too. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_emergence_of_president_obama_s_muslim_roots.html 2009-06-03T14:05:00-06:00 2009-06-03T14:05:00-06:00 Jake Tapper / Sunlen Miller - ABC News The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/military_intelligence_countdown_to_iranian_nuke_bomb.html 2009-06-01T04:29:00-06:00 2009-06-01T04:29:00-06:00 Hana Levi Julian - israelnationalnews The head of the IDF Military Intelligence Research Division informed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Iran is only one year away from obtaining enough material for a nuclear weapon.. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_in_egypt_one_speech_many_audiences.html 2009-05-31T17:49:00-06:00 2009-05-31T17:49:00-06:00 Margaret Talev/ Warren P. Strobel - The philadelphia Inqquirer WASHINGTON - President Obama has a sweeping goal for his speech Thursday in Cairo, Egypt: to begin remaking the dynamic between the United States and Muslims abroad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/605.html 2009-05-31T15:14:00-06:00 2009-05-31T15:14:00-06:00 Alistair Lyon - Reuters U.S. President Barack Obama has awoken hope for redress of grievances in the hearts of some of the more than a billion Muslims scattered in diverse communities across the globe. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/fears_of_muslim_anger_over_religious_book.html 2009-05-31T13:13:00-06:00 2009-05-31T13:13:00-06:00 Christine Toomey - The Sundays Time 'Does God Hate Women' by Jeremy Stangroom and Ophelia Benson cites attitudes to women and criticises Mohammed's marriage http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_s_settlement_freeze_decrees_are_like_pharaoh_s.html 2009-05-31T06:58:00-06:00 2009-05-31T06:58:00-06:00 Jerusalem Post "The American demand to prevent natural growth is unreasonable, and brings to mind Pharaoh who said: Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river," Science Minister and Habayit Hayehudi head Daniel Herschkowitz said Sunday, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/florida_case_angers_muslim_groups.html 2009-05-30T16:18:00-06:00 2009-05-30T16:18:00-06:00 JOEL MILLMAN - The Wall Street journal A federal immigration judge denied bail Friday to a 23-year-old engineering student from Tampa who has been charged by the U.S. government for engaging in terrorism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/when_egypt_killed_the_pigs_it_undermined_a_way_of_life.html 2009-05-30T10:53:00-06:00 2009-05-30T10:53:00-06:00 Jeffrey Fleishman - La Times In Cairo, tens of thousands of trash collectors who raised pigs lost most of their income when the government, out of an unfounded fear of swine flu, ordered the animals killed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_persecution_of_christians_in_egypt.html 2009-05-30T06:40:00-06:00 2009-05-30T06:40:00-06:00 JOSEPH PUDER - The Bulletin A Coptic-Christian Leader Speaks Out http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/stop_ignoring_islam_s_bronx_bomb_plot_reminds_us_of_a_core_relig.html 2009-05-27T16:40:00-06:00 2009-05-27T16:40:00-06:00 Andrew Bostom - nydailynews "These were people who were eager to bring death to the Jews and the Jewish community." Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Snyder provided this apt characterization of the four converts to Islam whose plans to bomb a Bronx synagogue and a Jewish community center were thwarted. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/raad_salah_netanyahu_will_try_to_rebuild_the_jewish_temple.html 2009-05-26T16:40:00-06:00 2009-05-26T16:40:00-06:00 Gil Ronen - israelnationalnews Sheikh Raad Salah, leader of the Northern Wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, believes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will try to rebuild the Jewish Temple. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_forgotten_faithful.html 2009-05-26T16:31:00-06:00 2009-05-26T16:31:00-06:00 Don Belt - nationalgeographic Followers of Jesus for nearly 2,000 years, native Christians today are disappearing from the land where their faith was born. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/venezuela_sends_uranium_to_iran.html 2009-05-25T19:42:00-06:00 2009-05-25T19:42:00-06:00 HERB KEINON - The Jerusalem Post In a sign the Foreign Ministry may be switching its focus from dealing primarily with the Palestinians to more "classic" functions involving the rest of the world, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon will travel to South America next week to attend the meeting of the Organization of American States. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/muslim_anger_ignites_violent_new_response.html 2009-05-25T15:08:00-06:00 2009-05-25T15:08:00-06:00 Iason Athanasiadis - THE WASHINGTON TIMES Far-right-wing vigilantes burned a makeshift mosque in Athens over the weekend after Muslim immigrants in Athens attacked police with rocks and bottles over an incident in which a policeman reportedly defaced a Koran. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/copts_between_mubarak_and_obama.html 2009-05-24T16:16:00-06:00 2009-05-24T16:16:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah The head of the Egyptian regime canceled his visit to the United States which was scheduled to take place on May 26th, 2009. On the other hand, before Mubarak’s cancellation, the White House announced that President Obama was to visit Egypt on June 4th and address his new policy towards Arab and Muslim countries. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/battle_for_a_taliban_town_of_terror.html 2009-05-23T17:55:00-06:00 2009-05-23T17:55:00-06:00 Christina Lamb - The Sunday Times Initially welcomed, the mullahs controlled Mingora with burnings and beheadings. Now the Pakistani army is attempting to expel them http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/guantanamo_guilty_go_free_while_cleared_stay.html 2009-05-23T04:56:00-06:00 2009-05-23T04:56:00-06:00 Jane Sutton - Reuters Most of the prisoners convicted of terrorism crimes in the Guantanamo tribunals are free men today while most of the Guantanamo captives cleared for release in the regular U.S. courts are still imprisoned at Guantanamo. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_painful_education_in_the_middle_east.html 2009-05-22T04:21:00-06:00 2009-05-22T04:21:00-06:00 Rachelle Kliger - themedialine When 11-year-old Islam ‘Amr Badr turned up to school on a winter morning last year in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, no one would have guessed that failing to do his math homework would cost him his life. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/one_year_behind_bars_two_copts_are_unjustly_detained_in_regime_s.html 2009-05-21T18:20:00-06:00 2009-05-21T18:20:00-06:00 Mary Abdelmassih Two Christian Copts, brothers Refaat and Ibrahim Fawzy Abdo, who were falsely accused last May of killing one of the militant Muslim raiders on the Abu Fana, Monastery, have been detained for a third time. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/refugees_risk_death_to_reach_israeli_haven.html 2009-05-21T04:34:00-06:00 2009-05-21T04:34:00-06:00 Joseph Mayton - themedialine Ali Ahmed is struggling with life in Egypt. The Somali refugee was in jail for nine months, has no job and recently got as far as the Sinai Peninsula before turning back to Cairo after plans to cross into Israel fizzled out following a run-in with police. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/u_n_pakistan_faces_bigges_crisis_since_rwandan_genocide.html 2009-05-20T04:10:00-06:00 2009-05-20T04:10:00-06:00 The Media Line Staff The number of people displaced by fighting between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban reached two million yesterday as the U.N. warns the conflict is turning into the largest displacement crisis since the Rwandan genocide. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_lot_of_people_think_that_terrorists_are_recruited_in_special_r.html 2009-05-18T07:33:00-06:00 2009-05-18T07:33:00-06:00 Kevin Dowling the truth is that it actually .................................... http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/copts_it_s_not_mubarak_and_his_regime_s_fault.html 2009-05-17T14:21:00-06:00 2009-05-17T14:21:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah The countdown for Mubarak’s visit to the White house is in progress. Mubarak will be in Washington and he will meet with the new democratic president. The elected American president will meet with everlasting president of Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mubarak_will_not_die.html 2009-05-15T05:06:00-06:00 2009-05-15T05:06:00-06:00 BRENDA GAZZAR, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT IN CAIRO Reporter's Notebook: Mr. Mubarak and Egypt's cloudy future http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_refusing_to_sign_wmd_treaties.html 2009-05-13T17:54:00-06:00 2009-05-13T17:54:00-06:00 Media Line Staff Egypt is refusing to sign treaties prohibiting biological and chemical weapons, a week after it was reported that weapons-grade uranium was found in Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/iran_deploys_missile_launchers_in_strategic_waterway.html 2009-05-13T03:58:00-06:00 2009-05-13T03:58:00-06:00 The Media Line Staff Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have begun deploying mobile launchers for surface-to-air and surface-to-sea missiles in the Strait of Hurmuz and other areas in the Gulf, it has been revealed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/why_investing_in_egypt_is_unsafe.html 2009-05-09T18:38:00-06:00 2009-05-09T18:38:00-06:00 Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah Certain information has to be said without compliments or political correctness. Being that I was born in Egypt it is difficult to speak badly about my native country, especially since I hold a great love and admiration for its history, ancient civilization, and majority of its people.  http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_christians_riot_after_swine_flu_cull.html 2009-05-04T06:32:00-06:00 2009-05-04T06:32:00-06:00 Philippe Naughton Egyptian leaders ordered the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of pigs today to help protect against swine flu, prompting angry protests from the poor Christian farmers who feed their animals with a country's food scraps. The decision was also criticised as a "real mistake" by a senior UN food expert. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_s_mass_swine_killing_is_part_of_forced_islamization.html 2009-05-03T12:10:00-06:00 2009-05-03T12:10:00-06:00 Dott. Arch. Ashraf Ramelah A few weeks ago news surfaced about the H1N1 influenza that was spreading from Mexico. This kind of influenza was known but largely ignored. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_wrestles_with_female_genital_mutilation.html 2009-05-01T04:27:00-06:00 2009-05-01T04:27:00-06:00 Joseph Mayton - themedialine Cairo, Egypt] In June 2007, 12-year-old Badour Shakour died as a result of a circumcision operation. The death sparked a battle within the country over the use of the controversial medical procedure. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/islamists_to_pope_define_your_position_on_islam_peace.html 2009-04-30T17:02:00-06:00 2009-04-30T17:02:00-06:00 Abdullah Omar - themedialine Amman, Jordan] Controversial remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about Islam and Prophet Muhammad in 2006 could catch up with him during his May visit to the Mideast. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mubarak_s_easter_package_of_taquiah.html 2009-04-27T20:25:00-06:00 2009-04-27T20:25:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah This Easter the Egyptian president sent the Copts a greeting in the Diaspora. Some of the greeting’s points were discussed in previous articles. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/without_benchmarks_us_dialogue_with_iran_will_fail.html 2009-04-27T04:36:00-06:00 2009-04-27T04:36:00-06:00 YAAKOV KATZ - Jerusalem Post Without a clear time frame and set benchmarks, the dialogue US President Barack Obama plans to hold with Iran will fail to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon has told The Jerusalem Post http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/are_copts_equal_citizens_under_sharea_law.html 2009-04-25T16:35:00-06:00 2009-04-25T16:35:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah In the past few months Coptic activists in and out of Egypt and have started to ask the Egyptian government to remove the identification of religion from the official national identification cards. They have also asked to have a law allowing construction of worshiping places. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mubarak_s_letter_to_coptic_immigrants.html 2009-04-20T19:03:00-06:00 2009-04-20T19:03:00-06:00 Dott. Arch. Ashraf Ramelah The Eastern Christian and Orthodox Churches had their Easter this year on April 19, one week after the Easter of Catholic and Western Christians. The Copts of Egypt celebrated the resurrection of Jesus together with the other Eastern Churches.   http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mr_maher_el_gawhaey_a_muslim_converted_to_christianity.html 2009-04-13T09:28:00-06:00 2009-04-13T09:28:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah Dott. Arch. Ashraf Ramelah, President and founder of Voice of the Copts http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/catholic_celebrate_good_friday_in_the_holy_city.html 2009-04-10T12:51:00-06:00 2009-04-10T12:51:00-06:00 Admin Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world poured into the Holy City of Jerusalem under sunny skies on Friday to pray along the traditional route that Jesus took to his crucifixion. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/arab_extremists_invading_indonesia.html 2009-04-08T06:41:00-06:00 2009-04-08T06:41:00-06:00 Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed An in-depth study emerged recently that leveled accusations against Arab organizations and individuals and claimed that that they are trying to control ideology in Indonesia and alter its society from one that is known for tolerance to one that is religiously fanatic and politically extremist. The study argued that the spread of Arab extremists in Indonesia was an organized and comprehensive plan that focused deliberately on penetrating all aspects of life in Indonesia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/for_egypt_promise_of_1979_peace_still_unfulfilled.html 2009-04-06T17:56:00-06:00 2009-04-06T17:56:00-06:00 MICHAEL SLACKMAN - New York Times CAIRO — In the past week, Egypt marked the historic 30-year anniversary of its peace treaty with Israel without any public celebration and only the barest public mention. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/closed_meeting_of_immigrant_copts_and_saad_eddin_ibrahim_prepara.html 2009-04-03T06:20:00-06:00 2009-04-03T06:20:00-06:00 Amr Bayoumi More than a hundred activists of immigrant Copts in the United States and Europe held a closed meeting on March 28-29 with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim in Virginia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/conference_on_anti-discrimination_calls_on_freedom_of_belief.html 2009-04-02T15:04:00-06:00 2009-04-02T15:04:00-06:00 Farid Fathy Under the motto "You are the Homeland: Dream of what you want", the First Cairo Conference on Anti-Discrimination was held from 27-29 March 2009. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/human_rights_council_article_19_and_cihrs_condemn_adoption.html 2009-04-02T14:39:00-06:00 2009-04-02T14:39:00-06:00 Article 19/CIHRS ARTICLE 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemn the adoption of a resolution on “combating defamation of religions” by the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday 26 March http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_hundred_years_of_curbs_on_press_freedom_in_egypt.html 2009-03-31T19:41:00-06:00 2009-03-31T19:41:00-06:00 Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: A hundred years ago, 25,000 people took to the streets to protest a new publications law that made it easier for the government of Prime Minister Boutros Ghali, along with Khedive Abbas Helmy II and the British colonialists, to shut down newspapers through administrative and financial restraints. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/outspoken_u_k_bishop_to_resign.html 2009-03-31T04:14:00-06:00 2009-03-31T04:14:00-06:00 Jenna Lyle - Christian Today Reporter LONDON – An outspoken cleric who became the Church of England’s first non-white bishop plans to step down so that he can dedicate his time to defending persecuted Christians. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/boycott_of_egypt_s_christian_copts_un-islamic_muslims.html 2009-03-30T10:18:00-06:00 2009-03-30T10:18:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah CAIRO -- An online campaign for boycotting Coptic businesses in Egypt is drawing fire from scholars and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's biggest opposition group, as a violation of the tenets of Islam and a threat to social fabric. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/usa_europe_stop_aid_to_egypt_and_the_arabs.html 2009-03-30T10:05:00-06:00 2009-03-30T10:05:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah - Founder and President This call may sound daring and provocative, but it is time to face facts and stop the use of the new expression of 'Political Correctness'. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/copt_historian_deprived_of_university_post_due_to_surname_israel.html 2009-03-28T17:16:00-06:00 2009-03-28T17:16:00-06:00 Ashraf Ramelah The Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization EUHRO condemned the injustice and religious discrimination against Dr.Maged Ezzat Israel by the Egyptian universities. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/ndp_mulls_abolishing_religious_affiliation_field_in_id_cards.html 2009-03-27T06:23:00-06:00 2009-03-27T06:23:00-06:00 Sarah Carr CAIRO: Just over a week after Egyptian Bahais won legal recognition of their right to obtain personal ID cards without having to lie about their faith, media sources report that the ruling National Democratic Party http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_move_said_to_promote_freedom_of_faith_egypt_may_remove_religio.html 2009-03-26T10:57:00-06:00 2009-03-26T10:57:00-06:00 Mustafa Suleiman In a step expected to cause controversy in Egypt, a ruling party official announced that the government was studying the possibility of removing the religion section from all identification cards following a similar move in Lebanon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/hon_jim_karygiannis_p_c_m_p_scarborough-agincourt.html 2009-03-24T12:24:00-06:00 2009-03-24T12:24:00-06:00 Mark Harding From Mark Harding: Sir.   I don’t believe that anyone in their right mind would support persecution of anyone anywhere for any reason and I know I don't. I commend you and your office for doing a lot of work on this issue and I do appreciate the hours you have spent trying to make heads or tails of it all. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_us_state_departmnt_report_on_rights_in_egypt_notoriously_poo.html 2009-03-22T14:41:00-06:00 2009-03-22T14:41:00-06:00 Magdy Malak - WATANI International The US State Department’s human rights report, released a few weeks ago, stressed that the Egyptian government’s respect for freedom of the press, and religious freedom declined last year. Security forces arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals and kept them in prolonged pre-trial detention. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/iraqi_christians_still_face_persecution.html 2009-03-20T18:31:00-06:00 2009-03-20T18:31:00-06:00 Jenna Lyle - Christian Today Nearly six years since the beginning of the war in Iraq, Iraqi's are increasingly saying that their country is becoming a safe place to live, according to a recent survey. For Christians, however, the daily threat of violent attacks means these are still uncertain times. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/let_christians_adopt_egypt_baby_trial_lawyer_says.html 2009-03-18T16:58:00-06:00 2009-03-18T16:58:00-06:00 Cynthia Johnston A lawyer for a U.S. couple jailed in Egypt in an adoption case said Egypt should pass a law allowing Christian families to adopt, because a legal gap that disallows the practice is pushing them to do so in secret. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mideast_decries_justice_double_standards_on_us.html 2009-03-17T05:27:00-06:00 2009-03-17T05:27:00-06:00 Reuters A consensus has emerged in the Middle East to support Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, seen as a victim of Western malice, regardless of his innocence or guilt for war crimes and crimes against humanity. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/washington_post_advises_obama_to_get_allies_from_outside_rulers.html 2009-03-15T19:21:00-06:00 2009-03-15T19:21:00-06:00 Mohamed Abdel Khaliq Mosahel In its editorial yesterday, The Washington Post advised President Obama to find allies for progressive change in the Middle East, but from outside the rulers' palaces. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/239.html 2009-03-13T18:48:00-06:00 2009-03-13T18:48:00-06:00 Douglas Farah The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report brings the otherwise unreported here news of a major criminal investigation into several Muslim Brotherhood leaders and groups in Germany and Belgium. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/when_it_comes_to_islamic_saudi_academy_textbooks_forget_trust_ju.html 2009-03-13T18:29:00-06:00 2009-03-13T18:29:00-06:00 Nina Shea - National Review Online For years, the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, the Institute for Gulf Affairs, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and various Washington Post journalists have been documenting the fact that the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) in northern Virginia — http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/democratization_almost_stagnant_in_egypt_says_report.html 2009-03-12T09:18:00-06:00 2009-03-12T09:18:00-06:00 Sarah Carr - Daily News Egypt CAIRO: Democracy in Egypt has deteriorated slightly since 2006 and the spread of democracy globally has come to a halt, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 2008 democracy index. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/question_what_is_most_terrifying_to_autocrats_answer_justice.html 2009-03-11T18:27:00-06:00 2009-03-11T18:27:00-06:00 MIDDLE EAST TIMES Until recently most autocrats believed they had no one to answer to, except the god they pretended to believe in. But as the Roman statesman Cicero is reported to have uttered in deploring the viciousness and corruption of his age, "O tempora o mores!" (Oh, the times! Oh, the customs!) Yes, things are beginning to change. Perhaps creeping in slowly; but nevertheless change is coming. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/inquiry_to_check_faith_schools.html 2009-03-11T17:27:00-06:00 2009-03-11T17:27:00-06:00 Nicola Woolcock - The Times Independent faith schools are to be investigated by Ofsted over government concerns that some do not teach children how to fit in with British society. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_crime_committed_by_ayman_nour_against_the_rights_of_the_copt.html 2009-03-08T19:47:00-06:00 2009-03-08T19:47:00-06:00 Medhat Oweida - Elaph I hesitated in writing this article about the crime committed by Ayman Nour against the rights of the Copts, all throughout the period of his imprisonment on forgery charges, for which he was sentenced to five years of which he spent nearly four years behind bars. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/u_n_may_try_to_criminalize_criticism_of_islam.html 2009-03-08T16:26:00-06:00 2009-03-08T16:26:00-06:00 Chuck Hustmyre UNITED NATIONS -- For the last nine years, the U.N.'s annual ban on defaming Islam has been non-binding. In March, the United Nations may try to impose its view on Islamic blasphemy on all of its member nations -- including the United States -- thus making criticism of Islam a crime. In December, the U.N. General Assembly, as it has every year since 1999, passed a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_victims_of_the_icc_warrant.html 2009-03-07T19:23:00-07:00 2009-03-07T19:23:00-07:00 Rania Al Malky-Chief Editor Daily News Egypt The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir, though expected, has lit a fire under Arab and African leaders whose own despotic regimes may very well find themselves on the wrong end of the ICC stick — with no carrots in sight. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/lawsuit_accuses_interior_ministry_of_civil_registry_fraud_to_ent.html 2009-03-07T18:33:00-07:00 2009-03-07T18:33:00-07:00 Marian Samir - Alkhamis Newspaper The price of parents changing their religion is paid for by the children, this is the new reality, which is experienced by many affected Egyptian families. They are confused because they embrace a religion while the official papers confirm they belong to another one. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/darfur_and_the_hunt_for_general_al-bashir.html 2009-03-07T03:16:00-07:00 2009-03-07T03:16:00-07:00 Amir Taheri - Al Arabia Net What goes round comes round. The dictum could apply to the case involving Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who is hitting the headlines once again. The case started at the United Nations and returns there. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/critic_says_islamic_extremism_gets_whitewashed_in_american_textb.html 2009-03-06T03:29:00-07:00 2009-03-06T03:29:00-07:00 Eric Shawn and Shira Bush - Fox News NEW YORK — An education expert is warning that some American textbooks present a biased view of Islam and offer a sugarcoated picture of Islamic extremism, a trend that has parents worried about what's being taught in public schools. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/andrew_and_mario_awaiting_a_decision.html 2009-03-02T04:46:00-07:00 2009-03-02T04:46:00-07:00 Nash’at Abul-Kheir - Watani International Since the Egyptian law stipulates that rulings by the personal status court may only be contested by the public prosecutor, Ms Kamilia Lutfi appealed to the public prosecutor Abdel-Megid Mahmoud to http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/getting_out_of_the_dark_tunnel.html 2009-03-01T15:41:00-07:00 2009-03-01T15:41:00-07:00 admin For the Enactment of the Unified Law for Building of Places of Worship http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/us_national_intelligence_council_egypt_lost_its_leadership_role_.html 2009-02-26T18:42:00-07:00 2009-02-26T18:42:00-07:00 Ula Abdullah - Almasry Al Youm A recent U.S. National Intelligence Council report suggests Egypt has lost its leading role in the region in the last five years and that leadership in the Middle East is passing to Saudi Arabia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_cause_loses_two_great_writers_and_activists.html 2009-02-24T09:34:00-07:00 2009-02-24T09:34:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah A few days ago Father Youta announced that he will retire from writing due to a controversy with a certain website which used to publish his articles. Now the popular Mr. Hanz Hanna has decided to stop writing too in solidarity with Father Youta. Both decisions were based on the behavior of that website. Unfortunately we lost the efforts of two great Coptic writers, and no doubt the website lost its reputation of non-bias to say the least!!!! http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/off_limits_to_christians.html 2009-02-23T04:10:00-07:00 2009-02-23T04:10:00-07:00 Youssef Sidhom - WATANI International Two weeks ago saw an inauspicious incident within Parliament’s Proposals and Complaints Committee. A bill proposed by MP Ibtisam Habib to legalize unofficial marriage (urfi) contracts in order to protect young women from situations where they are entitled to no legal rights as wives or mothers was vehemently opposed by MP Abdel-Rehim al-Ghoul. It was not that Ghoul had anything against the bill; http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_has_got_its_priorities_wrong.html 2009-02-22T13:58:00-07:00 2009-02-22T13:58:00-07:00 Brian Whitaker - guardian.co.uk The regime is more likely to enforce petty rules to protect its sense of authority than laws that serve the public good. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/father_youta_evil_won.html 2009-02-22T09:56:00-07:00 2009-02-22T09:56:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Dear father Youta;  For a long time I followed your writing with great interest. You are a candle lighting the darkness of our society. This morning I was shocked when I read about your decision of stop writing. In spite of my respect for your decision and understanding to your frustration, I decided to write these few sentences hoping that you may rethink your decision. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mideast_human_rights_defenders_under_siege.html 2009-02-20T17:44:00-07:00 2009-02-20T17:44:00-07:00 William Fisher The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama must take a leadership position in championing human rights in the Middle East and North Africa by using U.S. economic and trade leverage and confronting the growing global threat of authoritarianism being promoted by Arab regimes, advocates say. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/mubarak_s_appeasement_of_the_new_american_administration.html 2009-02-20T09:12:00-07:00 2009-02-20T09:12:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah The Egyptian government unexpectedly released Ayman Nour, one of the thousands of political opponents, who are rotting in Egyptian jails. The official information indicated that the decision to release him was taken on medical grounds. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/new_hope_for_reform_in_saudi_arabia.html 2009-02-19T02:42:00-07:00 2009-02-19T02:42:00-07:00 Nina Shea - National Review Online Saudi Arabia has just had its own St. Valentine’s Day Massacre -- a bloodless one that brings hope of much-needed reform. On February 14, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah carried out a sweeping shake up of his cabinet and government. He replaced several of the government’s top Wahhabi ideologues with others thought to be more religiously tolerant, reform-minded, and with close working ties to the king. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/watch_that_welcome_will_barack_obama.html 2009-02-18T14:07:00-07:00 2009-02-18T14:07:00-07:00 washingtonpost.com Will Barack Obama unconditionally embraces the Middle East's autocrats? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/paving_the_way_for_mubarak_s_visit_to_the_united_states_in_april.html 2009-02-17T11:53:00-07:00 2009-02-17T11:53:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah We know that Mubarak is preparing to visit the United States in April to meet with its new President Obama. This visit is very important to the ageing Mubarak, who is desperate to keep up his image as self-acclaimed regional stabilizer, leader of the Arab world and main player in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A role which also secures him nearly 2 billion dollars of in US aid plus handouts yearly. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/funds_lost_over_hatred.html 2009-02-17T08:51:00-07:00 2009-02-17T08:51:00-07:00 ELIZABETH THOMPSON - NATIONAL BUREAU Minister called 'professional whore' Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is poised to slash federal funding to Canada's largest Arabic group after its president called him a "professional whore" for supporting Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_s_muslim_brotherhood_and_iran.html 2009-02-17T04:20:00-07:00 2009-02-17T04:20:00-07:00 Mehdi Khalaji - The Washington Institute During a February trip to Iran, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal praised Iranian leaders for their support during the conflict in the Gaza Strip, a further indication of the strengthening ties between the Sunni Islamist group, which the United States has designated as a terrorist organization, and the Shiite regime in Tehran. Mashal's statements come on the heels of the U.S. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/editor_arrested_for_outraging_muslims.html 2009-02-16T16:40:00-07:00 2009-02-16T16:40:00-07:00 Jerome Taylor Protests against Indian newspaper over article reprinted from Independent. The editor and publisher of a major Indian newspaper have been arrested for "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims after they reprinted an article from The Independent. Ravindra Kumar and Anand Sinha, the editor and publisher of the Kolkata-based English daily The Statesman, appeared in court yesterday charged under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code which forbids "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings" http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/geert_wilders_and_the_fight_for_europe.html 2009-02-16T17:09:00-07:00 2009-02-16T17:09:00-07:00 Bat Yeor - National Review Online Britain has just witnessed the spectacle of a duly elected parliamentarian from another EU country, Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, being denied entry to the country because he constituted "a threat to public policy." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/muslim_women_to_the_norwayy_police_dept_we_must_wear_a_hijab_pol.html 2009-02-16T11:05:00-07:00 2009-02-16T11:05:00-07:00 Mark Harding - News correspondent Canada The Norwegian government's decision to rethink its earlier approval to amend the police uniform law to accommodate hijab is upsetting the Muslim minority in the Scandinavian country http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/dilemma_of_a_corpse_stuck_between_muslims_and_copts_a_sectarian_.html 2009-02-16T06:52:00-07:00 2009-02-16T06:52:00-07:00 ElYom ElSabeh Newspaper Al-Azhar University Hospital,held the body of a Christian-born Muslim convert for three days, refusing to hand it over to his Coptic family because they are not allowed to bury a Muslim. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_speech_geert_wilders_would_have_given.html 2009-02-15T15:16:00-07:00 2009-02-15T15:16:00-07:00 Geert Wilders MP -Chairman, Party for Freedom (PVV) - Netherlands Geert Wilders is a Dutch MP and he is the one who made the 17 minutes Video "Fitna". He landed in Hithrow Airport in London, England two days ago. But the British authorities refused to let him into England. [Lord Ahmad threatened that if the talk takes place he will gather 10,000 Muslims to riot in front of the House of Lords]!!!!!!!!!!! He was going to give a speech in the British House of Lord about the Video "Fitna", but of course he had to return back to Holland without doing so. Here is the speech which Geert Wilders would have given in the British House of Lords. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/jihad_against_love_valentine_s_day_enflames_the_middle_east.html 2009-02-14T15:23:00-07:00 2009-02-14T15:23:00-07:00 Dr. Walid Phares "Al Gharam mamn’uh, al Gharam kufr," screamed the self-declared cleric in al-Ansar’s chat room this Friday. “Love is forbidden, love is infidel” -- said the online fatwa about the “legitimacy of loving and being in love.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_elephant_in_the_room_intimidating_critics_of_islam.html 2009-02-13T19:35:00-07:00 2009-02-13T19:35:00-07:00 Rick Santorum We lost more than a million jobs in the past few months, the headlines remind us. So last month's story about a Dutch court's ruling that Geert Wilders was "inciting hatred and discrimination" - and that "it is in the public interest to prosecute" him - understandably didn't make the American news. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_christian_s_recognition_struggle.html 2009-02-13T09:53:00-07:00 2009-02-13T09:53:00-07:00 Christopher Landau - BBC Religious Affairs correspondent, Cairo Maher al-Gohary has converted from Islam to Christianity. In spite of facing death threats, he's engaged in a legal battle to have his changed religion recognised on his official Egyptian documents. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/exclusive_saudi_wahhabis_are_unique_muslims.html 2009-02-12T15:15:00-07:00 2009-02-12T15:15:00-07:00 Dr. Sami Alrabaa-FamilySecurityMatters.org Unless you are an Arab, or someone who speaks Arabic very well and have lived in Saudi Arabia for a while, you might not be aware of the following facts and practices from Saudi Arabia and Wahhabi communities across the globe. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egypt_yemen_and_morocco_first_among_arab_states_in_decline_in_fr.html 2009-02-11T19:58:00-07:00 2009-02-11T19:58:00-07:00 Nashwa al-Hufi - Almasry Alyoum Extending the emergency law, canceling al-Hiwar (the dialogue) TV channel from the list of NileSat companies, the Audio-Visual Transmission and Monitoring the Internet, the prohibition of publication in the case of Suzanne Tamim, and the imprisonment sentence against Adel Hamouda, chief editor of Al-Ahrar daily, in the case of the libel and slander against Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_assyrian_universal_alliance_wrote_letter_to_president_obama.html 2009-02-11T10:12:00-07:00 2009-02-11T10:12:00-07:00 Calro K. Ganjeh The Assyrian Universal Alliance wrote the following letter to President Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden to appeal for an Assyrian autonomous state in Iraq. The Assyrian Christians of Iraq continue to struggle for their indigenous rights in their ancestral homeland, Iraq. As Christians, Assyrians are the most persecuted nation in Iraq and the UN has reported the number of Assyrian refugees who fled to Syria and Jordan in the hundreds of thousands, and rising daily. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/obama_s_executive_orders_is_egypt_listening.html 2009-02-10T18:56:00-07:00 2009-02-10T18:56:00-07:00 William Fisher, OpEd News You may have missed it because it was ignored by virtually the entire the American mainstream press, but there's a really creepy irony that accompanied President Obama's decision to close Guantanamo and end torture, secret prisons and extraordinary rendition. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/arbitrary_arrests_inflame_egypt_s_sectarian_tensions.html 2009-02-09T16:12:00-07:00 2009-02-09T16:12:00-07:00 Hal M. Meawad Voice of the Copts receives and publishes Mr. Hal M. Meawad’s reply to Joseph Mayton http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=24196 http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/initiative_for_churches_unity_calls_upon_christians_to_defend_th.html 2009-02-10T00:05:00-07:00 2009-02-10T00:05:00-07:00 Source Guirges Boshra/Copts United "Is Christ divided?" under this slogan an important symposium calling for the need for unity among the different churches in Egypt, was held on Friday, February 6, in Shubra, Cairo. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/rasha_noor_a_christian_convert_woman_sent_a_letter_to_president_.html 2009-02-04T16:41:00-07:00 2009-02-04T16:41:00-07:00 Rasha Noor (Egypt for Christ Ministry) Please Immediately Release Priest / Metaos Abbas Wahba Basilios http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/zakzouk_religious_channels_have_turned_muslims_into_world_s_laug.html 2009-02-02T06:43:00-07:00 2009-02-02T06:43:00-07:00 Ahmed el-Beheiri - Al Masry Al youm Endowments Minister Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk said the ministry's preachers are not responsible at all for what he called "the fatwa pandemic" that has broken out in so-called religious satellite channels. He said these channels are in truth what most discredits Islam and Muslims given the backward fatwas that they spread across the globe, saying such fatwas turns Muslims into the world's laughing stock. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/copts_between_an_islamic_government_and_their_own_church.html 2009-01-29T18:39:00-07:00 2009-01-29T18:39:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Throughout its history, Egypt has always been the ambition of foreign invaders. In fact, Egypt was invaded several times, by different occupiers and for different periods. However, the worst one of them all, was the Arab occupation of Coptic Egypt, from the 7th century until our present day. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/one_voice_one_body_in_christ_serving_the_coptic_cause.html 2009-01-24T12:45:00-07:00 2009-01-24T12:45:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Dear fellow Copts; On the occasion of Mr. Mubarak's coming visit to the United State of America, Voice of the Copts would like to schedule a one-day meeting with the Coptic leaders and activists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/sawiris_calls_on_liberals_to_support_the_government.html 2009-01-23T16:35:00-07:00 2009-01-23T16:35:00-07:00 Mohammad Mogahid - Almasry Alyoum Engineer Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orascom Telecoms, called on the liberal political forces to support the government against the "Muslim Brotherhood", stressing that the government alone will not be able to defeat them. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/saudi_activists_liken_child_marriages_to_slavery.html 2009-01-20T12:13:00-07:00 2009-01-20T12:13:00-07:00 Dubai-AlArabiya.net The controversy over legalizing a minimum age for marriage in Saudi Arabia continued as members of parliament and human rights activists likened marrying minor girls to the slave trade, local press reported Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/without_a_bag_of_fruit_or_even_a_watermelon.html 2009-01-19T08:53:00-07:00 2009-01-19T08:53:00-07:00 Jack Attallah This article is the translation from Arabic into English for the same published in our Italian/Arabic home page. Translation is made by A dedicated voice of the Copts’ member . http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/89.html 2009-01-19T08:39:00-07:00 2009-01-19T08:39:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Mr. Barak Hussein Obama New president of United States of America Mr. President; Less than twenty-four hours of your installation, herewith please find my open sent you after your election. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/voice_of_the_copts_send_a_letter_to_european_parliament_members.html 2009-01-17T10:15:00-07:00 2009-01-17T10:15:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Dear European Parliament Member; For the last year Voice of the Copts has tried hard to keep you aware of incidents taking place in Egypt against the Coptic Christian minority. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_7_massacre_reasons_be.html 2009-01-16T11:42:00-07:00 2009-01-16T11:42:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah In the previous article I have mentioned that in the two months of December 1999 and January 2000, both Copts and Muslims were preparing to celebrate their holidays. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/reflections_on_the_visit_of_his_exellency_ambassador_sameh_shouk.html 2009-01-15T20:47:00-07:00 2009-01-15T20:47:00-07:00 Halim M. Meawad It was a pleasure for the congregation receiving H.E. Ambassador Shoukry and the senior staff of the Egyptian Embassy. The meeting was very cordial and amiable. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/christian_girls_drugged_and_sold_as_sex_slaves_in_pakistan.html 2009-01-15T05:39:00-07:00 2009-01-15T05:39:00-07:00 Assyrian International News Agency The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that two Christian girls in Pakistan have finally been rescued after two Muslim men kidnapped them two months ago, raped them repeatedly, forcibly converted them to Islam, and sold them to other men as sex slaves. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/the_crime_of_adultery.html 2009-01-12T13:05:00-07:00 2009-01-12T13:05:00-07:00 Naguib Gabriel Discriminatory Laws Between Muslims and non-Muslim Punishment of Offender Committing Adultery in a Muslim Home and Permitting the Act in a non-Muslim Home http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/egyptian_police_crucify_and_rape_christians.html 2009-01-12T10:38:00-07:00 2009-01-12T10:38:00-07:00 Christina Lamb. During our research for information regarding the tragedy of El- Kosheh, we found an interesting article written by Christina Lamb. The article was published on Sunday October 25th 1998 on Telegraph.co.uk. Voice of the Copts is posting this article in memory of all those who were killed in Egypt and elsewhere for their faith. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_6_inside_the_massacre.html 2009-01-11T12:45:00-07:00 2009-01-11T12:45:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Although, the killing of twenty one Copts could not be considered mass murder by any measure, as this number of people could be easily die in any road traffic accident anywhere. However, “El-Kosheh’s” massacre, or slaughter, as some wish to call it, had different reasons to an overturned bus or a train accident. Such aspects and motivations were reflected upon in the last five reports published in the last weeks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/a_letter_to_my_daughter_maysoon_-_in_memory_of_el-kosheh.html 2009-01-09T01:52:00-07:00 2009-01-09T01:52:00-07:00 Hans Ibrahim Hanna My Beloved Daughter Maysoon http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_out_the_massacre.html 2009-01-08T13:41:00-07:00 2009-01-08T13:41:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah On January 7th, the Coptic Church in Egypt celebrates Christmas. Out of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives and those who lost their dear ones in that barbaric attack, I decided to stop "El-Kosheh" reports until after the holidays. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/imposing_jizya_on_christians_to_address_poverty.html 2009-01-07T00:50:00-07:00 2009-01-07T00:50:00-07:00 Emmi El Masry Dr. Amani Tawfiq, Professor at Mansoura (Egypt) University: "If Egypt wants to slowly but surely get out of its economic situation and address poverty in the country, the Jizya (head or poll tax that early Islamic rulers demanded from their non-Muslim subjects) has to be imposed on the Copts," declared in a press statement by a university professor, who is supposed to be in the highest of levels of the educated society, and who is also expected to be a civilized person due to her educational position. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_out_for_4.html 2009-01-05T06:35:00-07:00 2009-01-05T06:35:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Reaching the fourth part of "El -Kosheh" tragedy, we still did not find a concrete answer to the main question, who was behind what was going on in Egypt? In order to understand how an event likes that of January 2, 2000 could happen; one has to speculate about many contributing factors, mainly: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/emanuel_4_years_pray_papa_jesus_let_my_mummy_get_out.html 2009-01-04T21:13:00-07:00 2009-01-04T21:13:00-07:00 admin Original article in Arabic by Rasha Noor,translated into English by Voice of the Copts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_out_for_3.html 2009-01-04T02:38:00-07:00 2009-01-04T02:38:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah In the past two articles, I tried to explain to our readers what happened in “El-Kosheh”, in 1998, when two copts were murdered, and how the Egyptian law enforcement authorities completely mishandled the matter, causing new, and very intense tensions between Copts and Muslims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_out_for_justice_nine_2.html 2009-01-02T07:51:00-07:00 2009-01-02T07:51:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah When reflecting on the events and circumstances which surrounded the massacre of "El-Kosheh", in the middle of 1989 (link below), one could summarize the prevailing situation in the following points: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/coptic_martyrs_blood_still_crying_out_for_justice_nine.html 2008-12-31T23:22:00-07:00 2008-12-31T23:22:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah The era of Hosni Mubarak will be remembered in modern Egyptian history as being the bloodiest era for the Copts and the worst for all Egyptians. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/54.html 2008-12-31T19:51:00-07:00 2008-12-31T19:51:00-07:00 بقلم منير بشاى "أحشائى أحشائئ. توجعنى جدران قلبى. يئن فىّ قلبى لا أستطيع السكوت..." أرميا ٤:۱٩ درجنا على الإعتقاد أن المجرم هو الذى يرتكب جريمة مثل القتل أوالسرقة أو من يعتدى على الآخرين بالفعل أو القول. من يضغط على الزناد أو يطعن بالسكين أو يمد يده إلى ما لا حق فيه أو يتفوه بكلمات الإهانة أو الكذب أو شهادة الزور. ولكن من لم يتكلم بكلمة أو يرتكب بيده جرما هل يمكن أن يصبح مجرما؟ http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/h_r_h_king_abdullah_ben_abdul_-aziz_a_saud.html 2008-12-28T09:31:00-07:00 2008-12-28T09:31:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Your Majesty; With the year 2008 coming to an end, many of us try to analyze what they have achieved during that year, in order to improve on their actions and plan for the coming New Year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/terror_campaign_on_mother_of_abducted_toddler_parthenia_and_huma.html 2008-12-26T11:57:00-07:00 2008-12-26T11:57:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah "I am saying it out loud to everyone, the mother and I are threatened to be killed or being falsely charged of committing a crime by the Security Authorities and the Muslim Brotherhood. Should something happen to us, you know who did it" said Mr. Atef Helmy, journalist and activist in the Egyptian Human Rights Organization. Mr. Helmy added that even people who offered to help us, have received threats of being abducted from their homes and vanish forever, an attitude of using terror which he finds similar to that of the Mafia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/free_martha.html 2008-12-23T00:05:00-07:00 2008-12-23T00:05:00-07:00 Rasha Noor (Egypt for Christ Ministry) Martha Samuel, an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity, formerly known as Zainab Said , was deported, together with her two children (Kirillos and Emmanuel,ages 4 and 2) on Monday, 12-22-2008 from Cairo's Khalifa Police Station to El-Kanater prison. She will spend there the rest of her 15 days incarceration period which started on 17-12-2008 pending the court case, in which she is charged of forging her passport to flee Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/arab_states_or_mafia_regimes.html 2008-12-18T06:30:00-07:00 2008-12-18T06:30:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Ever since I was a child, certain questions occupied my mind; I was always curious about western leaders, political groups and even normal people. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/multiculturalism.html 2008-12-21T18:40:00-07:00 2008-12-21T18:40:00-07:00 Marah Bukai Is it possible for a society that is built upon pluralism of races, ethnicity, and cultures to have a unifying identity independent of its distinct racial, ethnic and cultural components? Is it unrealistic to believe in a unilateral cultural identity? Put another way, is E Pluribus Unum a viable national credo in today s world? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/opinions/letter_to_egyptian_ambassadors_in_rome_vatican_city_and_washingt.html 2008-01-04T06:35:00-07:00 2008-01-04T06:35:00-07:00 Ashraf Ramelah Your Excellency Ambassadors of Egypt,I am sending you this letter in my capacity as President of “Voice of the Copts”, an Organization registered in Italy and in the United States of America for the protection of the Copts (the Christians of Egypt) against the discriminations and the persecutions that our community has been suffering daily in Egypt for many years.