Zakaria Botros Explained

Zakaria Botros (Arabic: زكريا بطرس; born 24 October 1934, in Kafr El Dawwar) is a Coptic Orthodox Christian priest. He worked as a priest in Australia in 1992. He is best known for his critiques of the Qur'an and other books of Islam. World Magazine gave Father Botros the Daniel of the Year award in 2008.[1] He has been named "Islam's public enemy No. 1" by Arabic newspaper al Insan al Jadeed.[2] [3] [4] Al-Qaeda has put a C$60 million bounty on his head.

Television

Botros became widely known in 2003 after he appeared on talk shows on the Hayah Evangelical Channel. He went on to have his own show on the channel. His criticism of Islam led to many debates about him on talk shows and threats from the Muslim Brotherhood.[5] He frequently appears on Al Hayat TV.[6]

Programme cancelled

In July 2010, the Joyce Meyer Evangelical Ministry – which was a partner for Hayah Channel – informed BBC Arabic that it would discontinue broadcasting Zakaria Botros's show. A quote from the letter reads:

The ministry did not comment on the cancellation.[7]

Al Fady Channel

Zakaria opened his own channel in April 2011, which he called "Alfady". It is broadcast in North America[8] and the Middle East since November 2011.

Vienna presentation

Botros was supposed to give a presentation in Vienna on 6 May 2012. The presentation would have been his first major appearance in Europe, but the event was cancelled due to "numerous threats of violence."[2] [9] The Viennese Association of Academics published an apology in the press.[9]

Response from Muslims

Debates

His most well known respondents included Abo Islam Ahmad Abdullah, Dr. Ibrahim Awad, and Dr. Abdullah Badr. Other public figures suggested that he be ignored.[10]

Abo Islam Ahmad Abdullah said he invited the Coptic priest to a debate with a moderator on a TV show inside Egypt, but the offer was refused due to safety reasons, despite Muslim scholars promising to stay with him during the whole trip to guard him.[11] [12] [13]

Calls for stripping his citizenship

In 2009, Nabil El Wahsh asked the Egyptian government to strip Zakaria Botros's citizenship due to "the instability and disturbing the public security which he caused to Egypt".[14] [15] [16] [17]

Calls to arrest him

An Egyptian lawyer, Mahmoud Riad, sued the Egyptian president, the Foreign Minister, the Interior Minister, and the Information Minister in a lawsuit to force the Egyptian government to request that Interpol arrest and extradite Zakaria Botros back to Egypt so that he might be held accountable for his denunciation of Islam. He stated that denouncing Islam is high treason, and that Egypt should withdraw the ambassador to the country where Botros broadcasts.[18] [19] [20] Earlier, four lawyers had asked for the same thing.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mindy . Belz . Broadcast news . World Magazine . December 13, 2008 . 2012-09-16.
  2. News: Anti-Islam cleric with C$ 60 m bounty in Langley . Cheryl . Chan . Canada . The Province . . August 13, 2010 . 2012-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606153159/http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398 . June 6, 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Jihad Watch . Interview with Father Zakaria Botros, 'Radical Islam's Bane' . Catholic Online . 2009-09-06 . 2012-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009095636/http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33761 . 2012-10-09 . dead .
  4. Islam's 'Public Enemy #1′ . Raymond . Ibrahim . National Review Online . 2008-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015032907/http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223965/islams-public-enemy-1/raymond-ibrahim . 2012-09-16. 2012-10-15 .
  5. - تاريخ البث: 7 نوفمبر 2007 م.
  6. Web site: Islam's Public Enemy #1. March 25, 2008. Raymond Ibrahim. Raymond Ibrahim. National Review.
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/artandculture/2010/05/100517_malayuqal_christians_bbc_tc2.shtml موقع «BBC Arabic»: قناة "الحياة" وبرامج زكريا بطرص المثيرة للجدل؟
  8. Web site: الموقع الرسمى للقمص زكريا بطرس . Islam-christianity.net . 2012-09-16.
  9. Web site: Father Zakaria Botros: Threatened into Silence . 8 May 2010 . Liberties Alliance . 2012-09-16.
  10. http://jesus-for-all.com/father_zakaria/3amr_adeeb_khaled_gendee_attacking_fz.wmv
  11. Web site: Nwf.com: Urbanization in Western Asia: Environmental: ßĘČ . Neelwafurat.com . 2012-09-16.
  12. Web site: خالد الجنalدي:نعم تزوجت مسيحية وأبنائي يتعلمون في مدرسة قبطية . alarabiya.net . 21 May 2006 . 22 June 2014.
  13. Web site: إسلامي مصري يتعهد باستقبال زكريا بطرس في مصر وتوصيله لبيته . 2012-09-16.
  14. Web site: الأقباط الاحرار - "الوحش" يطالب بإسقاط الجنسية عن القمص زكريا بطرس . www.freecopts.net . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302080842/http://www.freecopts.net/arabic/article.php?id=620 . 2 March 2012 . dead.
  15. Web site: http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=133133 . ar:اليوم السابع | "الوحش" يطالب بإسقاط الجنسية عن زكريا بطرس . Youm7.com . 3 September 2009 . 22 June 2014. ar.
  16. Web site: "الوحش" يطالب بإسقاط الجنسية عن القمص زكريا بطرس . coptreal . 2012-09-16.
  17. Web site: جريدة الوسط اليومية | الوحش يطالب بإسقاط الجنسية عن زكريا بطرس . El-wasat.com . 2012-09-16.
  18. Web site: محاكمة زكريا بطرس . Arab Times . 2012-09-16.
  19. Web site: الأقباط متحدون | طلب القبض على "زكريا بطرس" من الإنتربول الدولي . Copts United . 2012-09-16.
  20. Web site: The Leading AL Rajol Site on the Net . alrajol.net . 2012-09-16.
  21. Web site: موقع لواء الشريعة :: الأخبار ::دعوى قضائية تطالب الإنتربول بالقبض على القس زكريا بطرس . Shareah.com . 2012-09-16.

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