Europe has more sharia courts and veiled women, less unaccompanied women it its cities at night and less cartoons of Muhammad. September 11, 2001 was supposed to be “the day on which everything changed”. After 17 years of Western military occupation, the Taliban control more territory in Afghanistan than in any time since the invasion of the
The dead child strategy Prof. Alan Dershowitz' term for the false accusations that Israel killed a Gazan child emphasizes how the media gloss over those murdered in the Sbarro pizzeria, Maalot, the Fogel and Hatuel families, and other Jewish children. “Layla al Ghandour is the face of the massacre in Gaza”, titled al Jazeera, inflaming
This article was first published in Al Arabiya on May 9, 2018 “Never has our work been more urgent or more needed,” said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of UN Climate Change, at the 2018 Resilient Cities in Bonn, adding that climate disasters which took place in 2017 have had a serious impact on a number
Sisi vs Al Sis Low turn-out at the polls would bring embarrassment to the president, so every effort is being made to get people out to vote BY: Dr. Ashraf Ramelah - Voice of the Copts Egypt is holding its presidential election now through March 28. President Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi is running
Egypt: Al Sisi’s pre-election maneuvers guarantee his March victory By: Dr. Ashraf Ramelah - Voice of the Copts Imagine just one of the eighty-seven ancient, Orthodox churches in Egypt now in a heap of rubble fully restored and meeting the needs of the poor at its door. Should the state funds for Egypt’s upcoming presidential
By: Dr.Ashraf Ramelah Founder and President of Voice of theCopts This Christmas Eve, January 6, Coptic Christians celebrated mass during the grand opening of the brand-new state-built Nativity of Christ Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the state’s new administration district of Cairo. Those in attendance rejoiced the occasion while many rural villagers had no local church to
Al Minya’s governor How could Governor Al-Badawi not see that the mosque inflated its numbers with jihadists in order to pose a threat and strike the church across the road? By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah - Voice of the Copts General Essam Al-Badawi was installed as Al Minya’s governor (in Upper Egypt) in September
necromancy In the middle of last month, while Al-Azhar denounced a liberal law in Tunisia, the Institute created a national scandal within Egypt Al-Azhar Institute is scrambling to protect and defend the Islamic faith, its traditions and foundational beliefs – clamping down on Islamic scholars who reveal truths that will damage Islam’s position
Free-Speech To be clear, Al- Azhar Institute has no representation, honorary or otherwise, in the Egyptian parliament. By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah In June this year, Justices Alito and Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed in their separate opinions for Matal v. Tam that there is no “hate speech” exception to the first
Tension over Kurdistan The referendum is highly important for both sides, those for and those against. By Mordechai Kedar – Arutz Sheva This past Monday close to 7 million Kurdish citizens of Iraq, cast their votes in a referendum consisting of one question only: Do you support a declaration of independence on the
