Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
The minister of local development, Mr. Mustafa Abdel-Qader, declared that the peacemaking committee in Al-Kosheh is working towards four principal targets:
1. Delivering any criminals, be they Christian or Muslim, to the prosecution services.
2. Confronting any false rumors.
3. Aiming to educate...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
The counselor Hisham Saraya ordered the re-detention of four accused in the Kosheh events in Sohag for 30 days.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
We love Egypt from the bottom of our hearts and wish it well everywhere we go. It is painful for us to see that its reputation is damaged on the Internet, wire agencies, foreign newspapers and foreign broadcasts. All this attention was over a small village in Upper Egypt: Al-Kosheh village. Local...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2000
President Mubarak issued three presidential decrees for building three new churches for Orthodox Copts: a church in Mustafa Fahmi street in Helwan, Cairo, a church in Al-Shat Street in Fayyoum, and a third in Marina tourist village [on the Mediterranean coast]. The president has also issued three...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 23, 2000
Presidential decree number 456 in 1999 has been issued. This presidential decision permitted the rebuilding of Virgin Mary Church for the Coptic Orthodox in Al-Fayyoum. This church was damaged in the earthquake of 1992.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2000
A schedule of a visit of Pope John Paul II to Egypt is given.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
Yesterday, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh Al-Azhar met with Mr. Robin Cook, the British foreign affairs minister. He confirmed that Islam stresses the fact that all people came from one father and mother. God created us in order to know and coexist with each other...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2000
The People’s Assembly finally approved the draft of the new Personal Status law. The government had made important changes on the project before it was approved amending one article and deleting two key articles.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
The statement that was issued by a group of Al-Azhar scholars about the draft of the Personal Status Law says: God has ordered his prophet in the Holy Qur’an to follow him and to obey his orders. The pure Shari’a is an order from God and we have to obey his orders! ...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2000
The statement issued by 31 scholars of the Azhar Scholars Front rejecting the Personal Status Law raised many questions about the identity of these scholars and to what extent they belong to the Azhar, especially since Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, and The Islamic Research Council...