Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 25, 1997
Al-Sha‘b reviews a report of the American State Department which
is, according to Egyptian
authorities the newspaper consulted, full of false information on Christians in
Egypt and has political motives.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 26, 1997
Subtitle:The case is closed and the murderer is knownIn the past three months three Egyptians have been killed in Europe. The third was a businessman in Holland. "The case is closed and the murderer is known" is the conclusion of the author. Overseas authorities do not care for the death of an...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 23, 1997
Al-
Ahaly published on its front page, a report on a committee which was formed to
review the law on building
churches. The old law dates from 1854 and was often criticized inside and outside
Egypt. The committee will also
review the media. The aim is bring the Copts abroad onto the same line...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 8, 1997
The article calls Jews immoral because they tarnished the Holy Qur’an and mocked the image of the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus the infant. The author calls for an end to such insults.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 1997
Initially Dr. Abdel Fatah Ali, former minister of health, forbade the circumcision of girls by unqualified persons, in other words, recognizing that medical practitioners could do the job. Nevertheless, especially among doctors, opposition to female circumcision is strong. Dr. Ismail Salam, Dr. Ali...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 1, 1997
The article is full of anger about a picture, drawn by an Israeli, in which the Prophet Muhammad was depicted as a pig. The article accuses the authorities of compliance because they didn’t prevent this happening and questions whether Israel should b allowed to participate in the coming economic...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1997
The article
is an attack
on the consecrated houses, secret churches established in private flats in opposition to the Coptic
Orthodox
Church. It claims that from these consecrated houses, a secret pope has emerged in opposition to Pope
Shenouda III. The consecrated houses are, according to...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 1997
A Christian house in Minufia was set ablaze by a mob of Muslim believers because rumors were spread that a monk wanted to build a new church.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 1997
The terms ’kafir’ (unbeliever) and ’murtad’ (an
apostate from Islam)
are extremely important in Islam. The article discusses the recent court cases in Egypt
against people
accused of being ’murtad’, for example the case of Nasr Abu Zaid, a professor in Arabic at
the University of
Cairo, and...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 1997
Subtitle: The permanent committee for research gives a fatwa (religious decision)!Religious leaders in Saudi Arabia oppose plans to stimulate the unity between Islam, Judaism and Christianity, by building a mosque, church and synagogue in public places and printing the Qur’an, Old and New Testament...