Senior Islamic scholar reported to public prosecutor for remarks on Church
21/9/2010
Lawyer Naguib Gabriel has filed a report at the General Prosecutor’s office against Mohamed Salim al-Awwa, a renowned Islamic thinker who alleged in an interview with al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour that Egyptian churches host large quantities of arms and are impenetrable to Egyptian security.
Gabriel demanded that legal measures be taken against al-Awwa and Mansour, saying the remarks are abusive to the Coptic community as a whole, and an attempt to propagate false claims that harm the position of Egypt’s Christian population.
“My God, forgive those who abuse the church,” said Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt’s Orthodox Church, commenting on the remarks during his monthly sermon at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Alexandria. The Pope described al-Awwa’s allegations as “inappropriate” and voiced his astonishment at the suggestion that the church relies on foreign protection. “Those are baseless allegations. The state keeps a close watch on our foreign relations, and I seek strength from God alone.”
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
I like to send a greeting to the Coptic Church as I used to like listening to some Coptic liturgy and used to study their Art, just recently in fact we made a Tile image of the Cross that is “Related” to the ancient Arabic tribe of Ghassan who were Christians. I hope toleration and respect are the best features of Islam but in my native country Allah knows what men hide in their minds. Lots of Muslims in my environment totally contradict the word Peace and Salaam in favour of a thought structure corupted westernization and low class aggression and c.i.a sponsered gay parties and wish they were the rulers of my country,they are not.As a man of experience I know “Eastern Christanity has had conflict with Islam-there should not be! The analogy in the middle East for Catholics protestants and Coptic Church -Monophysite and Maronites and other orthodox Christians should be a great light epitomized by the Minaret and Church tower at St Catherines in Sinai. No pretence -simple harmonious co-existence -then again the majority of people don’t live in St Catherins type societies for the religious! M’lesh! Hello to Papa Shenouda!Thaleeth and to the good Copts
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