Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 1999
After reading the article of Hamouda concerning the barring of prayers over the body of father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed the author wants to clarify some internal matters concerning the rules and traditions of the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 1999
The article of Adel Hamouda in the last issue echoed widely in the circles of our brothers the Copts. It caused wide discussions between Moslems and Copts alike.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 1999
Love is the magic word Christianity is founded on, giving way to springs of mercy, gentleness and wonder to gush out. However, love, the backbone of Christianity, has been severely hit but not in a back-breaking way, by Pope Shenouda when he decided not to pray over the body of the priest Ibrahim...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 1999
Priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed died of a heart attack. He got the rest for which he longed, but the case that was raised after his death is not closed yet. Christians expected that Pope Shenouda would permit prayers over the body, but the opposite occurred. Pope Shenouda called especially from the...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 1999 to الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 1999
The Prince of Egypt is a Biblical epic about the Exodus in which God casts his wrath on Egypt, and Moses takes his Israelite people out of bondage to the Promised Land. The producers claim they consulted 700 Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, and religious leaders to ensure that the story would not...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 4, 1999 to الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 17, 1999
What can the government do when maverick journalists (the same ones who gave a platform for an alleged Islamist threat against the lives of prominent Coptic businessmen) get their hands on a locally licensed - and therefore uncensorable - publication?
The ghosts of last February’s mini press-purge...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 1998
Authorities have banned the production of a film on the assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat by Islamist militants in 1981.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 1998
Sheikh Sha’arawi was the foremost television preacher and was able to influence millions. Sha’arawi’s aim was to maintain traditional religious values in society through convincing people to adhere to these values. The authors believe he died at a time that the tide of religious conservatism may...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 19, 1998
Journalists are imprisoned, and the freedom of the media is questioned.