Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
The dispute over the new Associations Law has drawn lots of attention and while it was approved by a parliament majority, the majority of the Egyptian public disapproved of it. This is not merely an impression but an observation gleaned from empirical evidence in Egyptian public life.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
In the second installment of her two-part interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Minister Mervat Tellawi [the interviewee] tells Mariz Tadros [the interviewer] how it is possible to build a corporate culture of compassion.
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 1999
I asked Pope Shenouda in a letter to change the laws of electing a pope. These laws permit 90 prelates to stand for election for the position of Pope. This will lead to a series of struggles and disagreements that will split the church. Even if one of these prelates succeeds in winning the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 1999
In this series illegal appropriation of lands in Upper Egypt, we can add the case of the farmer Sameh William Elea. He is the owner of two feddans, 14 qirats and 12 sahm. Last February 21 [1999], he was shocked when he found a man called Hashim Qassem with his two sons trying to appropriate a part...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
If the Muslim wife does not obey the Islamic Sharia and submit to her husband, then she will be considered "Nashez." This is quite natural to the Muslims, but when this happens to Christian wives, this is extraordinary because the Church does not agree with this sentence.
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 1999
Arab countries with an independent attitude to foreign policy are singled out for attacks by the Western media, particularly American, which is for the most part financed by Zionists. American media exploits every opportunity for bitterly criticizing Arab countries with the apparent aim of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, sent the American Freedom of Religious Persecution Law to the Islamic Research Institution in order to discuss it and take a decision about it. This law allows the American government to create the function of a traveling ambassador to travel to...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
While President Mubarak was receiving his honorary doctorate in law from Washington University, a group of people were standing in front of the doors of the university distributing leaflets which included an approximate drawing for a church, which looks much like the American ones, and there is a...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
At a press conference that was held by the New York Council of Churches, Drs. Cornelis Hulsman presented a report in which he mentioned that a delegation from the New York Council of Churches visited Egypt last March. The members of this delegation discovered that there is no religious persecution...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
The head of the City Council was elected. They have chosen the counselor, Hanna Nashed, as the new head of the City Council. This choice shows that there is no persecution of the Copts in Egypt. There is real unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.