Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2001
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil, the priest of the Hanging Church, found himself under the guillotine of Bishop Bishoi, the secretary of the Holy Council. This is the first time the priest of the Hanging Church has been referred to trial, in spite of his position and known attitudes towards the church....
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2001
The inter-religious dialogue issue led to a new conflict between the Sheikh of the Azhar and some of the Azhar scholars, who objected to the participation of Israeli rabbis in the dialogue. A group of the Azhar scholars rejected the participation of extremist rabbis, who do not acknowledge...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2001
An Iraqi newspaper "Al-Nasseriya" reported that the Sheikh of the Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel and Pope Shenouda III, the Pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark will visit Iraq soon, as an expression of their solidarity with the Iraqi people against...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2001
The article is an interview with Mohammed Hassanin Heikal. Among many questions about his relations with the late president Sadat, Camp David treaty and the Palestinian issue, he was asked whether there was a sectarian problem in Egypt or not.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2001
The Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences, in Kuwait, welcomed the Islamic Research Institute’s fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] that forbids leasing a womb to implant in it the zygote of another woman.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 3, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim met with his defense attorney, co-workers at the Ibn Khaldoun Center and three human rights activists. During the meeting, an agreement was reached on not making a political case of the lawsuit.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2001
"Be Thou There" is a new book on the trip of the Holy Family through Egypt. It is an important contribution to the history of the Holy Family, and generally to the Christian heritage in Egypt. The three writers of the book and its editor are specialists in Christian archaeology, Egyptian religious...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2001
Pope Shenouda III received a piece of land, owned by the state, in Al-Tur city, in the South of Sinai governorate, to build a new church.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2001
A presidential decree for building a church for the Orthodox Copts, with a surface area of 900 square meters, in Bulaq Abu Al-Ela, was issued.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2001
The USA Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement concerning its visit to Egypt. The information available on its Internet site said that the report on the commission’s visit to Egypt was being prepared and that the commission asked President Bush to raise the issue of Coptic...