Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
The minister for Religious Endowments, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq responded to questions about new regulations for building mosques. The minister described the current debate as an unfair campaign against a ministry that serves Islam and Moslems. The Minister said that those conditions have actually...
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...