Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
The General Prosecutor made an indictment order in the case of the Ibn Khaldūn center, and decided to refer Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, the head of the center, and 27 other people, to the High State Security Court. They were charged with receiving 261,000 Euros as a donation from the European Union...
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2000
Al-Usbua published a file opposing Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s plans to monitor the coming elections under the title "No to dubious supervision. No to interference in Egypt’s affairs."
Date of source:
Both al-Wafd and al-Ah...
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2000
International
and local media have pursued the spiritual phenomena of the apparition of the Madonna in
Assiut, where more than 10,000
Muslims and Christians have gathered to witness the miracle, which started
on August 17th.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2000
In an interview aired on Radio London, Pope Shenouda freely expressed both his personal and
the Church’s official
position on what the future of Jerusalem should be. Sout al-Azhar published Pope
Shenouda’s responses to the interviewer’s
questions. In a two-page story, Rajab al-Banna of October...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Dr. Rodolph Yanny, editor-in-chief of the US-based Coptic Church Review, reviews "Among the Copts" of Father Dr. John Watson, Anglican scholar and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW. Dr. Yanney calls the book "a comprehensive presentation of the life and thought of the Coptic Orthodox...
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2000
The
news about the miraculous apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary over
the Church of Saint Mark in the southern province of Assiut
unleashed controversy about the credibility of
such a spiritual phenomena. While many people confirmed that they had seen
her, some media reports have
shown...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2000 to Friday, September 15, 2000
The long political history of the Muslim Brotherhood group shows that they have never changed their strategy and their view of the other [religion]. Their current backing for a Coptic candidate, in the elections, is a tactical move aimed at overcoming their racist public image, although the Copts...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2000
Akhbar al-Youm, received an angry comment from
father Morcos Aziz regarding its article
of last week [see RNSAW week 36, art.10] in which Amal Othman
strongly criticized him. al-Arabi urged rapid intervention to
prevent the collapse of an important
monument. al-Qahira weekly published a...
Date of source:
The church of Saint Marcos
in the southern
province of Assiut witnessed a new apparition of the Virgin Mary. Thousands of people saw her surrounded by
white pigeons and flashing lights in a miraculous spectacle, which lasted 6 hours on one occasion. The
priest’s council of
the church in Assiut...