Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 1999
Pope Shenouda is a religious man in the first place, and he is also a patriot towards his country. When Pope Shenouda discovered attacks against Egypt from some emigrated Copts, he immediately called for a press conference in which he confirmed the unity of Christians and Muslims. He also...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 1999
Pope Shenouda commented that the problem of the Coptic Waqf is beginning to diminish after the church had regained its authority over 756 feddans from the Islamic Waqf System. Concerning the problems facing Copts in Egypt, he declared his rejection of any foreign interference in Egyptian domestic...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999
Pope Shenouda confirmed in the recent press conference that the reputation of Egypt is important for the Coptic Church. He also said that Copts care about the success of the visit of Mubarak to the USA because he is the greatest symbol of this country. Pope Shenouda also insisted on the President...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999
Pope Shenouda expressed the Coptic Church’s thanks to President Hosni Mubarak for intervening to return the Coptic properties to the church. The Pope fiercely criticized foreign attempts to intervene in Egypt’s internal affairs under the guise of protecting the rights of the Copts.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999
Yesterday, Pope Shenouda held a press conference in which he praised the efforts of the government for taking care of the rights of its citizens. This happened after the Church regained its authority over the lands that were taken from it by force.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
Delegations from 75 Islamic countries and six international Islamic countries and six international Islamic organizations participating in the 11th Cairo International Islamic Conference will tomorrow declare the recommendations of their conference.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999
In the opening session of the Islamic conference, Minister of Endowments Hamdi Zaqzouq delivered a speech on behalf of President Mubarak in which he called for serious thinking on the issue of "The renaissance of the Islamic world" which is what the conference is about.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 1999
Today morning, Pope Shenouda announces that the Coptic Waqf system has regained back all the lands that had been taken from it by force. This problem was solved with the help of the Islamic Waqf Ministry [the ministry entrusted with government supervision of estates in mortmain].
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 1999
The Ministry of Waqfs (Religious Endowments) has recently handed over 14 more feddans [a feddan is an area approximately equal to an acre] of land to the Coptic Church. This takes to around 680 feddans the total number of feddans of land endowments delivered back to the church to the Church since...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 1999
The author describes a visit to pharaonic, Christian and Islamic sites in the governorates of Assiut and Sohag.