Date of source: Friday, September 10, 1999
Situated in Old Cairo are the oldest church, mosque and Jewish synagogue in Egypt. All three of these buildings are located in one unique area.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 1999
Although Father George Qanawati has been widely celebrated, works on him as an intellectual, thinker and a philosopher have been too scarce. This is exactly what has prompted us to review Hani Labeeb’s documentary book on Father George Qanawati...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 1999
Dr. William Suleiman Qilada was really one of the most respected examples of the strong Coptic-Orthodox lay-person who has the courage to voice his convictions and opinions. He was totally dedicated to his Egyptian citizenship. It is not by chance that his last book was on "the principle of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Egypt has lost one of its greatest patriotic intellects, Dr. William Suleiman Qilada who has enriched civil law and political thinking by several valuable studies. Dr. Qilada published several books in the area of national unity, citizenship, accepting the "other" and civil law. His latest book...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 1999
Dr. William Suleiman Qilada who recently died was a venerable judge. He was a Copt who devoted his life to strengthen national unity between Copts and Muslims in Egypt. He repeatedly wrote about citizenship and areas related to assessment, choice and criteria of citizenship.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Bishop Sawirus, bishop and head of Deir Al-Muharraq writing to Watany newspaper explains the monastery’s policy on evictions of tenants from land belonging to it, and presents evidence that suggests that the murderers of the monk did not do so because he was allegedly going to evict them. In fact,...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
The prosecution agreed to present the murderers of the monk to the court. They asked the court to hang them for their crime which was deliberate and planned.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
A Muslim man killed a Coptic Christian priest in Southern Egypt on September 2, in what police said was a personal dispute over land. They said Selim Abou Aita, who had rented a plot of land belonging to the Al-Muharraq church in Assiut, some 320 kilometers south of Cairo, shot Father Aghnatious...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
In our country, Egyptians, whether Muslims or Christians, live together peacefully. Our unity is not a slogan, but a nature that has been planted in us many years ago. We believe that the country belongs to all people and religion belongs to God.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Emigrant Egyptians all over the world can now follow the news of their country via the Internet. One particular site provides Muslims all over the world with fatwas in their religion from the Mufti of Egypt. Pope Shenouda also publishes a weekly message on the web to the emigrant Copts.