Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2000
Today we will speak of the problems of Copts, which do not concern Copts in Upper Egypt only, but Copts all over Egypt. The first complaint is in what is called the Hamayouni Law,... Copts complain about some of the Muslim sheikhs, who also harm Islam... Then, we come to the excessive doses of...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
Can the Sheikh Al-Azhar remain in office after the government accused him publicly and indirectly of opposing Islamic Shari’a [Islamic law] - considered by the constitution as the main source of legislation - and providing the government, the president and members of the parliament with inaccurate...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
After the storm that the new family law [that is, the Personal Status Law] has created for the Muslims in the sessions of the People’s Assembly and its ratification, and with the number of sessions held by the assembly and the numerous interventions from different trends, many have neglected a...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
The people who support this new law do not only believe that this law is a cultural necessity, but they believe that the Muslim woman enjoyed more rights at the beginning of Islam... The dean of the [Azhar] Faculty of Theology [’Usul el-Din], Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi is one of the supporters of the...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
The Personal Status Law is still the focus of discussions among people. In spite of the fact that this law is important for society, some jurists consider it a game where everybody can talk and show off their fields of knowledge... Dr. Abdel-Fatah Al-Sheikh, the former president of the Azhar...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
The People’s Assembly finally approved the draft of the new Personal Status law. The government had made important changes on the project before it was approved amending one article and deleting two key articles.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawy said in a recent symposium: "... When I find someone fanatic for Islam... I tell him that he has inherited Islam from his father... The whole society had inherited Islam from parents... Did it study other religions in the world? I have no references, my reference is my mind....
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
Security measures have been taken against the projects of the Islamic parties, which were announced recently. The latest procedures that were taken by the government were to prevent holding a symposium that was called by Mamdouh Ismail, the representative of Al-Shari’a Party.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
"Personally, I see that this news service is a very important means of communication and information conveying the reality of Egypt to non-Egyptians, either those living in Egypt or, even more importantly, those outside, especially in the Western world...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
His Holiness Pope Shenouda leaves Cairo on the coming Thursday heading for the United States since he is attend Saint Antonious’s feast in Saint Antonious monastery in California.