Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
Dr. Fawzy Stefanos is one of Egypt’s prominent scientists abroad, with a distinctive reputation in the field of anesthesia and heart surgery, who founded the St. Marqos’s Foundation for the Study of Coptic History. He speaks about his views on how Coptic concerns in Egypt can be resolved.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
The History and Antiques Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture organizes on April 19 a seminar with the theme "The National Role of the Egyptian Coptic Church throughout the Ages." Artist Farouq Hosni (Minister of Culture), Dr. Gaber ’Asfour (Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for...
Date of source: Saturday, April 17, 1999
To realize how Egyptians received the Islamic Conquest, we should know the fact that many Egyptians converted to Christianity earlier than Romans and Byzantines who were still atheists during the time they were occupying Egypt. Being occupied and governed by atheists, Egyptian Christians had been...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Shamm Al-Neseem, it is an ancient Egyptian feast during which people used to go out marking the day when spring starts. On that day Moses decided to challenge the atheist Pharaoh in public. God helped Moses against the brutal Pharaoh by granting him miracles, which made people believe he was God’s...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
The state security has arrested an underground group loyal to the dissident Muslim Brotherhood. The group comprises of 11 members, eight of which have been arrested.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
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The military court yesterday handed down sentences in the Jihad revival case, which includes 107 suspects 60 of which are fugitives. The court ruled the execution of nine of the suspects among whom is Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahri, head of the military wing of the Jihad group who has...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
An Egyptian military court on April 10, postponed a session at which verdicts were due in the cases of 107 Muslim militants said to belong to the militant Jihad group. "Two of the judges, including Court President Brigadier Ahmed Al-Anwar, have not handled cases of Islamists before," defense...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Egyptian state prosecutors said that they had released on April 11, four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement who were detained with 24 others last month.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Egypt has referred 22 Muslim militants to a military court accused of planning to blow up a military target and belonging to an illegal group, security forces said on April 6.
Date of source: Friday, April 23, 1999
The fatwa of Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti, published lately in one of the papers stating that pilgrimage of actresses is not halal (not religiously permissible) caused a big fuss and much ado. Then the Grand Mufti denied that he released such a fatwa. Dr. Wasel wanted to stop the media...