Date of source:
Last Thursday, 10th of August,
the jailed professor of sociology and head of the Ibn Khaldoun center, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, was released on
bail of 10,000 L.E
(2,857 US dollars) following a decision made by the general attorney of the state
security department, Hisham Saraya.
Date of source:
The priest of the
Hanging Church, Morcos Aziz, and the Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, exchanged
accusations on
the pages of two newspapers, following a deep disagreement regarding the restoration of the prominent church
and the introduction of an entrance fee for the monument.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm opened fire against the Egyptian government, state security department, and some Egyptian young people a few hours before he was accused officially of espionage for the sake of foreign entities. "I was a victim of youth deceiving me" Ibrāhīm said.
Date of source:
The criminal court of Sohag postponed the ruling on the case of al Kosheh until the 3rd of October. This
was in order to enable the lawyers to discuss with the witnesses and to review the documentary evidence of
the case. The
Christians and Moslems accused exchanged warm greetings before the...
Date of source:
The frozen Labour party challenged the administrative procedures used to freeze it and
presented a list of 19 candidates for the next parliamentary elections, while a group of law activists
called for the
resumption of the party’s activities.
Date of source:
The current crisis of the
frozen opposition party, al-Amal (Labour), entered a new stage after
the revocation, by the administrative
supreme court, of the ban imposed by the parliamentary committee of parties. There is a
high expectation of
a revival of the same party.
Date of source:
After the
resumption of the
provisional jail of four employees of the Center, and the eventual renewal of the imprisonment period of
it’s director, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who faces the charges of falsification of electoral documents in order
to get economic
benefits, the repercussions of the...
Date of source:
The
consultative council (Shūrá) in
the Egyptian parliament decided, on July 24, to freeze the Islamic opposition Labour Party.
It filed an
urgent case before the Administrative Supreme Court to dissolve the Labour Party, and to see whether the criminal
charges, reported against 55 of the...
Date of source:
Early last
Friday morning, thousands of Christians of all ages
rushed into the church of Virgin Mary in Luxor. The occasion was Bishop
Musa calling the Christians of
Luxor in an attempt to open a positive conversation to solve the crisis after the people’s
out right
rejection of the decision...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2000
Al-Akhbār mentioned that the search of the Ibn Khaldūn Center, lead to the discovery of evidence to show that Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm has had correspondence with foreign organisations and had received quantities of money in a variety of currencies. According to al- Wafd, the prosecution heard...