Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid participated in the anti-racism conference Cairo Center for Human Rights held in Egypt. He talked about Islamophobia, Europe’s perception of Islam, globalization and Huntington’s theories about the clash between civilizations.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
At a Friday preaching, the preacher was asking God to destroy the Americans and the Jews, saying that apostasy and deviance from the right path are the reasons for the political crisis in the Middle East. The author believes that this man is an example of the preachers who mix religion with...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Sheikh Amr Khalid is attacked for being an AUC graduate and not a specialist in religion and for being a young preacher, the majority of whose audience are teenagers. The author believes that being young is not a point against him as he has a talent for preaching. He is using a language that suits...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s lawyer decided to lodge an appeal against his seven-year prison sentence within the appeals procedure’s time limit. Despite Ibrahim’s deteriorating health condition, Salih asked him to stop asking to be released because of it.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Cyprus decided to stop all the newspapers issued there and distributed in Egypt and which had a license issued before December 31, 2000, because theses papers violated the Cypriot press law.
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2001
During the demonstrations against al-Nabaa in the cathedral, the police held about 36 boys, of whom three were kept for 35 days. It is remarkable that the president of the US Copts Association started a campaign to free them AFTER they had been released. He also claimed that the arrested youths...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
A delegation of the Journalists’ Syndicate visited Al-Muharraq monastery. The Abbot of monastery described the visit as gratifying and praised Ibrahim Napa’s efforts in dealing with Al-Nabaa crisis. He also declared his refusal to reconcile with its Editor-in-Chief.
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
Pope Shenouda declared that it was an impossible task to reach a reconciliation agreement with Al-Nabaa. In reply to Mahran’s claim that he and the pope were friends, the pope said if Mahran was his friend, he would not have harmed the Egyptian Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
The editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa assured, in a press conference, that he had no intention of damaging national unity, and that he aimed to protect Christian holy sites. He also confirmed that he did not know that the monk had been expelled from the monastic order.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
During the State Security Prosecution’s investigation with the Editor-in Chief of Al-Nabaa, he said he thought he was exposing corruption in a sensitive religious place, which means playing a patriotic role and that when he published anything he took into consideration the basic principles of...