Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that because he is currently being tried before Egypt’s Higher State Security Court on charges which include his lectures and writings on religious freedom and minority rights, including those of Egyptian Copts, his defense lawyer requested him to decline the invitation to...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
The verdict given in the action of Al-Kosheh has caused a strong line of division between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians. Most Muslims accept the impartiality of the court while many Christians, inside and outside Egypt, expressed their anger in articles, letters and interviews about the verdict....
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
The author repeated the testimony of Dr. Kamal Abu Al-Magd, in which he accused Ibrahim of being chaotic and careless about the administration. Abu Al-Magd denied the charges of corruption and forgery, and affirmed that the board had nothing to do with the Center’s budget. However, the rest of the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2001
The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic church was given the rank of Cardinal. The Vatican Pope declared that he was given this rank because of his great work in serving the Coptic Catholic church.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2001
The RNSAW (2000, week 51A, art. 31) placed a translation of an article in Al-Wafd, which carried the title: "A Dutch provocation to Muslims in Ramadan." The article accused a Dutch scholar without mentioning a name. Based on the information given the author probably referred to Prof. Dr. Bram de...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2000
The Assistant Interior Minister says that terrorist groups are still present and develop themselves. Some of their members are highly educated and can plan very well in order not to be discovered. Most of them are young people who go through brain washing making them rather die than be discovered....
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The Coptic representative of the Wafd party in the parliament is close to become the head of opposition. He expressed his surprise at the fact that while the Brotherhood supported him in the recent elections, the ruling party supported its candidate who led a religious campaign against him. He does...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2000
Investigations revealed that the military wing of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya was involved in an armed burglary of the Maragha Bank in Sohag. It was said that the military wing of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya robbed the bank in order to finance their fugitive members after the financial aid from abroad...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
At a press conference in Al-Kosheh Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Suleiman, Minister for Housing, and General Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister for Local Development and General Ahmed Bakr, Governor of Sohag, and other dignitaries talked about the government development of Al-Kosheh village as a model village...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Immediately after H.H. Pope Shenouda [Shinūda] heard of the murders in al-Koshh he sent two bishops, including Bishop Marcos [Marquṣ] of Shubra al-Khayma, to investigate this. I spoke with Bishop Marcos to offer him my condolences. Bishop Marcos gave me the list of names as Bishop Wissa [Wīṣā],...