Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2000
The Egyptian press remained quiet for a short period until the burst of controversy was generated as a result of the Thomas Friedman article in the New York Times on August 1st, article attacking Hosni Mubarak’s policies on the Camp David-II Summit, the corruption of the Egyptian government and its...
Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2000
There were no further questions and no deals were struck. "We do not yet know the status of the Ibn Khaldun Center, but will be petitioning soon for its reopening."
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted the opinions of Dr. Gabir Asfour concerning the cases Aqidaty discussed with him in its last issue. They confirmed that the Qur’an is a holy text and, according to the Qur’an, the hejab is an Islamic obligation and not a tradition that was confined to the...
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2000
As reported in the last issue of the RNSAW, 'Amīr S. Ibrāhīm, son of Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, expressed his readiness to respond to all questions related to allegations in the Egyptian press. Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm made a statement before the State Security Prosecutors and 'Amīr thinks this...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2000
The coming Parliamentary elections carry the title "Copts in Parliamentary elections 2000". All the expectations confirm the increase in the number of participants either as candidates or voters in the coming elections.
Date of source: Saturday, July 29, 2000
Subtitles: ° Europe expels peaceful immigrants and here we allow them to exhaust our utilities and attack us. ° An incident in the Ahmed Said Street, Abbassia, a quarter of Cairo, tolls the warning bells for the refugee and immigrant problem in Egypt. ° They harass our women and smoke bango [a kind...
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2000
Peter Harrison, Cornelis Hulsman and Amir S. Ibrahim comment on the interview Akher Saa had with Drs. Cornelis Hulsman on the issue of the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Their comments correct things that was misinterpreted by the journalist who made the interview.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2000
The next parliamentary elections in Egypt will be the last chance for the government to establish a national coherence, and to renew trust in political reform. Copts are now more interested in political participation, as they became aware of the danger of their political isolation, so that the...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2000
The article is about many Copts who will be presented as candidates in each political party; Al-Wafd, Al-Tagammu, the Labor Party and the ruling National Party. In 1995 there were 57 Coptic candidates but none of them was in the National Party. This time everybody expects the National Party to...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2000 to Friday, March 3, 2000
The CNN American Net broadcast a show because of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Egypt. Throughout the show that was entitled "Question and answer" which was presented by Riz Khan, the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt and the effect of the Pope’s visit on these relationships...