Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2003
Pope Shenouda has regained his health and practices his duties in a normal way.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2003
The article reports that expelled monk Barsoum Al-Muharaqi and his brother Girges Saad have been released five weeks ago. This former monk had been involved in a sex scandal that caused lots of furor in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 30, 2003
A study by American writer Michael Collins Babier [the name is a transliteration from the Arabic] reveals the Zionist pressures behind the way the American media deals with the Palestinian issue.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 30, 2003
Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported that the French government plans to issue restrictive procedures preventing Muslim students from wearing veils [hijab] at schools and universities. At the same time it allows Jews to wear their Jewish headgear.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 30, 2003
Despite the persistency of the French Minister of Interior to issue a law that requires women to remove their veil [hijab] for passport photos, the French first lady intervened personally to exclude nuns from this law.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 28, 2003
A prominent Shiite scholar who has close relations with conservatives in Iran issued a fatwa that changed stoning as punishment for committing adultery. He did not mention the new punishment. Worth mentioning is that Europeans heavily criticize the stoning punishment [Ed: Amnesty International is...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 28, 2003
A Moroccan fundamentalist movement, Al-Tawhid Wa Al-Islah [Unity and Reformation], condemned defaming peaceful Islamic organizations. It issued a statement stressing that the terrorist attacks of Casablanca show the importance of following moderation and rejecting violence.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 30, 2003
The Islamic Research Institute condemned the attacks in Riyadh and Casablanca, stressing that such attacks violate the rules of the Islamic Shari’a.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 22, 2003
A number of Swiss Catholic priests are involved in love affairs despite the chastity oath they had taken.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 20, 2003
The Israeli government invited Jews in Morocco to immigrate to Israel in an attempt to make use of the situation after Casablanca bombing.