Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 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: Monday, August 20, 2001
The defense of the editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa quoted Bishop Marqos of Shoubra El-Kheima who said that expelled monks get a chance to repent and return to the monastery. Lawyers for the church objected to this quote and had a loud argument with the defense in the courtroom.
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2001 to Friday, August 24, 2001
The monastery of St. Onaura, located on an island outside Cannes, started a business producing many food products. Now it has a million francs income per year. Monk Mark Henry of the Notre Dame and Abigail monastery said that in this way monks would be secure about their future.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2001
Mamdouh Nakhla, the head of the Word Center for Human Rights, issued a statement in which he welcomed the new American Ambassador to Cairo and urged him to pay more attention to human rights issues.
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2001
The Agricultural Directorate of Sohag refused to appoint a Christian senior specialist agronomist as a department manager and appointed instead his Muslim assistant, although the former is by far better qualified. The Christian agronomist filed a lawsuit against the Agricultural Directorate and...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2001
Ibrahim Shukri, the president of the Labor Party went back on his decision concerning dismissing 11 members, representing the Islamic trend in the party. He stressed that it was General Tala’at Muslim [a given name] and not him who took such a decision. The latter denied what Shukri said about him.
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2001 to Friday, August 24, 2001
A Brotherhood member who is also a member of a shooting club sent a message to several banks warning them about dealing with the current management board after he acquired a judicial ruling that the board had been formed in an illegal way.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2001
The Guidance Office of the Muslim Brotherhood refused to allow one of the group’s lawyers to file a lawsuit demanding the application of article 48 [of the Penalties Law] to help release those who were convicted in the case of the professional syndicates.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2001
The 17 representatives of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood decided to compete with the leftist opposition Tagammu party over the presidency of the opposition bloc in the parliament after the withdrawal of the right wing Wafd party.