Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2000
The Committee of Press and Journalist Affairs of the Supreme Press Council agreed to issue three licenses; two new party-newspapers and a third independent paper.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2000
Security sources said Christian-Muslim violence erupted in southern Egypt over renovation work at a local church. Three people were wounded in a fight with sticks near the town of Samalout. The Interior Ministry confirmed the clash had taken place, but would not identify the religion of those...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2000
Excerpts from a sermon given in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza calling for the killing of Christians and Jews. The text is being distributed by American Copts, International Christian Concern and probably several other organizations in the West.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2000
Washington raised the issue of the Armenian massacre at the hands of the Turks in 1915. This led to a real conflict between America and Turkey regarding religious prosecution. Beside recounting the story of the massacre, the article tries to answer the question of " Why does America arouse this...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 3, 2000
A Muslim woman, who is married to a non-Muslim and had a baby by him, wrote to Aqidati to ask about the Islamic judgment on her marriage. The secretary of the Fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar, a Mufti] Committee in the Azhar wrote in reply: "All the scholars of Islam have agreed...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 6, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that gaining money in return for Fatwas is illegal. He assured people that many of those who offered the new telephonic Fatwa service denied that their aim was to make money. He revealed that nobody can monopolize Fatwas.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2000
Gamal Badawi, the editor in chief of Sout Al-Azhar resigned because the Sheikh of the Azhar did not listen to his requests regarding improvement of the conditions of those who work for the paper. Most of those who work for the paper have refused to co-operate with the new editor in chief.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2000
Dr. Gaballah Ali Gaballah, the General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, issued a decision enabling the Egyptian-German delegation to carry out its work in Tel Basta and to prevent Dr. Mohammed Omar, assistant professor of Archeology at the University of Zagazig, from taking any...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2000
The Azhar University organized an international conference to celebrate 14 centuries of Islam in Egypt and discuss the results of the Islamic opening of Egypt, the current status of the Muslim nation, and preparations for a better future. During the three days of the conference, 19 papers were...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 2000
The Truth, an e-mail information service from the American Coptic Association mailed information about the apparition in Assiut. The name of the author is not mentioned but he or she probably lives in the USA and recently visited Assiut.
The apparitions take place at the Cathedral of Saint Marc in...