Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2001
In last weeks issue (art. 14) we reported that we had received indications that an article in AFP may have contained inaccuracies. We asked them to comment on this matter, but have had no response.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2001
Michael Meunier, president of US Copts Association, was upset about the statements Al-Ahram, January 31, attributed to bishop Yo’annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda, in which he supposedly criticized the World Council of Churches which was seen as a response to a statement of the World Council...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2000
The Supreme State Security Prosecutor decided to imprison 21 members of the Muslim Brothers Group for 15 days in custody. They were accused of trying to revive the activities of the group.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 8, 2000 to الخميس, آيار (مايو) 11, 2000
The news paper asked the Minister of Culture to resign as a way to apologize for printing and financing tens of books that are against morality, including "Banquette for Seaweed", and for giving many contradictory declarations.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 30, 2000
"The Copts of Egypt should not pay the price of peace in the Middle East". This sentence made me stop for a while and ask myself several questions such as: What is the price, which the Egyptian Copts pay in return for peace? Do the Egyptian Copts really pay a price for peace in the Middle East?...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2000
Qummus Gabra’il Abdel-Massih [Qummus: archpriest or hegumen in Coptic Christianity], priest of Al-Kosheh Church refused to appear in front of the investigation authority. He is accused of opening fire on Muslims at the beginning of the incidents of Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
Israel is seeking a way out for its auxiliary militia, the South Lebanon Army (SLA), when its forces withdraw from southern Lebanon in line with a pledge by Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The SLA currently numbers around 2,500 fighters and 600 men in clerical positions. Though 60 percent of them are...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 1999 to الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 1999
Nine members of an Islamic extremist group from Algeria held responsible for a massacre of 29 people this month have been arrested by Moroccan military security forces, a reliable source told AFP on August 25. The Moroccan authorities denied the report on the next day.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 27, 1999 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 1999
Last week the Censorship Committee on material printed from outside Egypt banned the entry of the English version of the book "Al-Nabi" [The Prophet] written by Jibran Khalil Jibran. Authorities at the American University in Cairo told the French News Agency that it was the last in a series of 70...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 1998
Montaser Al-Zayat announced that leaders of Muslim groups who are jailed in Egypt, agreed to cease armed violence.