Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 to Thursday, September 6, 2001
The
Cassation court set the session of October 17 for
examining the appeal lodged to stop implementation of the
seven-year prison sentence given to Saad Eddin Ibrahim.
Ibrahim’s defense team denied that there was any
American pressure behind setting the session of October 17 for
examining the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2001 to Monday, September 10, 2001
In his book "Silent No
More," Paul
Findley recounts how Muslims first came to America. He also sheds light on the way Islām is practiced
in
Afghanistan and stressed that the Islām of the Taliban is not the true Islām.
Date of source: Saturday, September 1, 2001 to Sunday, September 2, 2001
Paul Findley, a former member
of the American Congress, wrote a book titled "Silent No More." In this book
he defends the image of Arabs and
Muslims in America through recounting how he became a Muslim. He tackles
the inaccurate stereotypical image of
Islam in the West.
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2001
The Higher State Security Court continued examining the case about the publication of scandalous photos of the expelled monk in al-Mowagha paper, in which the Editor-in-Chief of the paper and another journalist are accused.
Date of source:
The Appeal Court rejected an
appeal presented by
Mamdouh Mahran’s defense to change the members of the jury. It was proved to the appeal court
that there
was no animosity between the judge and the defendant, and therefore the appeal did not rely on real
reasons.
Date of source:
The president of the Labor Party dismissed Magdi Hussein, the editor-in-chief of
the now
closed al-Sha‘b paper, and other 10 members from the Party. The dismissed members represent the
Islamic trend in
the Party. The Muslim Brotherhood refused describing Shukri’s decision as a change in the...
Date of source:
Pope Shenouda
canceled the celebration for the 46th anniversary of his
becoming a monk due to the problem caused by al-
Nabaa. He promised that the celebration would be compensated for by
another one on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of his becoming the head of the [Orthodox] church.
Date of source:
The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court decided to suspend the examination of
the cases against Al
-Nabaa and Akher Khabar newspapers until it has made a decision concerning the request from the
defense to
change the members of the jury. The head of the court said that the reasons the...
Date of source:
President Mubarak
received
Pope Shenouda in Ras al-Tin palace. In a two hour meeting the president and the pope discussed issues
concerning Copts and how to maintain national unity. Neither party made a statement after the meeting.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2001
Al-Ahram al-Arabi shed light on the life of monks under the title "We Are Angels Living on Earth." al-Aḥrār reported that after its journalist visited al-Muharraq monastery, it concluded that the expelled monk’s crimes could not have taken place there as al-Nabaa claimed. The history of Christian...