Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 1999
An interview with Ibrahim Shukry, the 83 year old head of the Islamist Labor Party on al-Koshh and the place of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 25, 1999
The author briefly outlines the nationalist cooperation and generally peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in Egypt over the last century. Yet in view of certain repeated accusations of Coptic Christians he asks the questions: Is there a deterioration in the principle of citizenship that...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 1999
Sub-titles:
The Israeli policy is aggressive and does not change. The people who carry out this policy are the only thing that changes
I reject normalization with Israel
I refused to participate in the Bethlehem 2000 Conference because I will not enter the Holy City while it is still partially...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 25, 1999
Nobody ever thought that the young man dressed in a suit and tarboush [head cover used widely in Egypt until the 1950’s], sitting in a cafe in [the city of] Ismailia with some of his friends, would be the founder of the biggest violent group in Egypt throughout the twentieth century. That was in...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 1999
Disagreements over the leadership in the Gama’at Al Islamiyya came yesterday to the open. Mohammed Shawki Al Islambuli, one of the leaders, assured from his exile in a declaration sent to Reuters that the leadership council of the Jihad group had submitted its resignation last year. He said that...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 26, 1999
Plans are made to build a center for all three monotheistic religions in al-Tor, in the Sinai. The author, however, opposes building a synagogue out of fear the land later may be claimed by Israelis. The author is against normalization with Israel.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 1999
Mahmoud Sayed Gaballah, who is linked to Osama Bin Laden, was arrested by Canadian police on charges that, if proven true, would have led to his immediate deportation. Last Friday, though, a Canadian court not only cleared Gaballah of the charges but recommended he be granted political asylum on...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 1999
Someone started with drug dealing and, suddenly, after the boxes of his safe was filled with money, he said that his conscience has awakened writes the author about the Muslim Brotherhood. They first planted the wicked tree of blood. After this they come to tell us that this was the past and it is...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 1999
After Egypt recovered from the terrorism whose first seed was planted by the Brotherhood, the latter are back once again playing the same old game, trying to penetrate society’s civil foundations in lawful and legitimate ways.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 1999
Did the days of violence against Christians in Egypt return? In only two months time three Coptic Orthodox priests had been attacked. One of them was killed. So many attacks in such a short period have not happened in a long time. Copts abroad ring the alarm but Copts inside Egypt find that...