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Zakaria Botros (Arabic: زكريا بطرس, born on 24 October 1934) is a Coptic priest from Egypt, he worked as a priest in Australia in 1992,he has a Bachelors of Arts in History, best known his critiques of the Quran and other books of Islam. Father Botros has received applause from places such as World Magazine awarded him the Daniel of the Year for 2008.^[1] He has been named "Islam's public enemy No. 1" by Arabic newspaper "al insan al jadeed"^[2]^[3]^[4] Earlier, Al-Qaeda has put a $60 million bounty on his head.^[5]^[6]

Tv Shows

He became widely known in 2003 after he appeared on many talk shows on the "Hayah" Evangelical Channel and eventually having his own show,his criticism to islam led to many debate about him on talk shows.^[7]

Canceling His Show

On july 2010 Joyce Meyer Evangelical ministry _which was a partner for "Hyah" Channel_ informed BBC Arabic that it is stopping Zakaria Botros's show and a quote from the letter: "Our ministry's representative in the middle east informed us that the "hyah" Channel decided to stop broadcasting Zakaria Botros's talk show,and this is the last month of it's broadcast" when asked for the reason they did not reply.^[8]

Opening His Own Channel

Zakaria opened his own channel on April 2011 And he called it "Alfadi" which is broadcasting in North America^[9].

Vienna presentation

Botros was supposed to hold a presentation in Vienna on May 6, 2010,and it would have bean his first big appearance in Europe, but the event was cancelled due to "numerous threats of violence."^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13].

Controversies

A lot of muslims found his criticism offensive. and led to anger among many Muslims and Christians in the middle east,and in a statement "Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite" said that Zakaria's methods are unsatisfactory and his problems with attacking Islam using such methods have to deal with his lack of enlightenment^[14].

Response From Muslims

His criticism led many Muslim scholars and writers to respond to his claims,and the most well known ones that responded to him include "Abo Islam Ahmad Abdullah", and Doctor "Ibrahim Awad" ,and Doctor "Abdullah Badr", and many of them invited the Coptic priest to a debate with a moderator on a tv show but he refused saying that he can't due to safety reasons, while many muslim scholar made a promise that they will stay with him during the whole trip guarding his safety the priest declined their offer.^[15]^[16].^[17].

Vienna presentation

Botros was supposed to hold a presentation in Vienna on May 6, 2010,and it would have bean his first big appearance in Europe, but the event was cancelled due to "numerous threats of violence."^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21].

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[1] World Magazine, 13 Dec. 2008

[2] ttp://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398

[3] ttp://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33761

[4] ttp://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223965/islams-public-enemy-1/raymond-ibrahim

[5] ttp://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/zakaria-botros-islam%E2%80%99s-scourge-returns/

[6] ttp://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398

[7] قناة «أوربت» الفضائية: حلقة من برنامج "القاهرة اليوم" تتكلم عن ماهية تلك البرامج ومقدميها - تاريخ البث: 7 نوفمبر 2007 م.

[أ-8] موقع «BBC Arabic»: قناة "الحياة" وبرامج زكريا بطرص المثيرة للجدل؟ - تاريخ الوصول: 22 مايو 2010 م.

[9] ttp://www.islam-christianity.net/

[10] ttp://www.libertiesalliance.org/2010/05/08/father-zakaria-botros-threatened-into-silence/

[11] ttp://www.libertiesalliance.org/2010/05/08/father-zakaria-botros-threatened-into-silence/

[12] ttp://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/zakaria-botros-islam%E2%80%99s-scourge-returns/

[13] ttp://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398

[14] ttp://st-takla.org/Pix/FAQ/04-Spiritual-021-Zakaryia-Boutrous/St-Takla-org-Pope-Zak.m3u

[15] ttp://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=egb61093-61391&search=books

[16] ttp://www.alarabiya.net/Articles/2006/05/21/23951.htm#7

[17] إسلامي مصري يتعهد باستقبال زكريا بطرس في مصر وتوصيله لبيته

[18] ttp://www.libertiesalliance.org/2010/05/08/father-zakaria-botros-threatened-into-silence/

[19] ttp://www.libertiesalliance.org/2010/05/08/father-zakaria-botros-threatened-into-silence/

[20] ttp://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/zakaria-botros-islam%E2%80%99s-scourge-returns/

[21] ttp://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398

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	'''Zakaria Botros''' ({{lang-ar\|<big>زكريا بطرس</big>}}, born on 24 October 1934) is a [[Copt]]ic [[priest]] from [[Egypt]], he worked as a priest in Australia in 1992,he has a [[Bachelors of Arts]] in History, best known his critiques of the [[Quran]] and other books of [[Islam]]. Father Botros has received applause from places such as [[World Magazine]] awarded him the [[Daniel]] of the Year for 2008.<ref>[http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14763 World Magazine, 13 Dec. 2008~~]</ref>~~]</ref> He has been named "Islam's public enemy No. 1" by Arabic newspaper "al insan al jadeed"<ref>http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398</ref><ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33761</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223965/islams-public-enemy-1/raymond-ibrahim</ref> Earlier, [[Al-Qaeda]] has put a $60 million bounty on his head.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/zakaria-botros-islam%E2%80%99s-scourge-returns/</ref><ref>http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398</ref>		'''Zakaria Botros''' ({{lang-ar\|<big>زكريا بطرس</big>}}, born on 24 October 1934) is a [[Copt]]ic [[priest]] from [[Egypt]], he worked as a priest in Australia in 1992,he has a [[Bachelors of Arts]] in History, best known his critiques of the [[Quran]] and other books of [[Islam]]. Father Botros has received applause from places such as [[World Magazine]] awarded him the [[Daniel]] of the Year for 2008.<ref>[http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14763 World Magazine, 13 Dec. 2008]</ref> He has been named "Islam's public enemy No. 1" by Arabic newspaper "al insan al jadeed"<ref>http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398</ref><ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33761</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223965/islams-public-enemy-1/raymond-ibrahim</ref> Earlier, [[Al-Qaeda]] has put a $60 million bounty on his head.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/zakaria-botros-islam%E2%80%99s-scourge-returns/</ref><ref>http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5b0a37a7-fa50-4e8d-8ceb-caaa9b58a398</ref>