Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 30, 2000
The Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ikrima Sabry, did not attend the meeting that was held between some of the Jewish rabbis and the Pope of the Vatican... Besides this, Sheikh Ikrima confirmed that meeting the rabbis is not an important thing because they are fanatics and they call for the occupation...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 31, 2000
In a meeting with the leaders of the Egyptian community in the United States , President Mubarak met with a number of Copts and discussed many issues regularly raised by Copts abroad.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 3, 2000
The Minister for Religious Affairs, Hamdy Zaqzouq, supported the da’iya Shereen, in a press conference, which was principally held to announce arrangements for an Islamic conference. Shereen is at the center of a controversy over non-licensed Muslim women theologians being allowed to teach in...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 27, 2000
During his historical visit to Jerusalem, His Holiness asked the Jews for forgiveness for the sins of the Christians throughout the past centuries, renewing the commitment of the Catholic Church to maintain brotherhood with the "People of the Covenant."
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 23, 2000
Pope John Paul II, stopped the Mass, which he was holding in the cradle yard in Jerusalem when he heard the Islamic noon call to prayer from a mosque that faces the yard. The Pope and all the attendants who participated in the Mass waited until the call to prayer finished in order to resume the...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 23, 2000
During the visit of the President Mubarak to USA, the Zionist interest groups will raise many issues... According to well-informed sources the US president received a petition signed by 100 members of the Congress, who asked Clinton to refuse to give Egypt any economic advantage, and to set...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2000
This statement was published on March 13 in Al-Ahram and the other local newspapers. It mentioned that 135 accused had been referred to Sohag Criminal Court on various charges including murder. No Muslim or Christian cleric was included among those charged. 20 Copts were listed as murdered in the...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 25, 2000 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 31, 2000
The phenomenon of "sheikhism" (claiming to have special spiritual vocation) is starting to devastate a wide range of Egyptian society. This requires our highest attention especially since it hits mainly women, the most vital cell in society.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2000
A security report stated that the number of the mass suicide victims in Uganda exceeds 500 persons. The medical examiners are now examining the bodies burnt due to the fire that was lit by the Ten Commandments Group in the church building while they were practicing their religious rituals.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2000
At least 230 people belonging to a religious group called "The Movement of the Ten Commandments" committed suicide. The leader of this group had told his followers that suicide would reduce the pain in the life hereafter.
[Editor: Al-Ahrar also reported this news on the same day on p.1]