Date of source: Thursday, March 29, 2001
Press Information Note 53 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Pope Shenouda, the head of the Coptic Church, and the Sheikh of the Azhar but otherwise was almost universally boycotted by both Christians and Muslims. The members of the Commission waited...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2001
The delegation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) completed its visit to Egypt. Three members of the Commission visited Egypt and will report to the rest of the nine-member Commission about the visit. No findings or conclusions can or will be made by the Commission...
Date of source: Saturday, March 24, 2001
The American Embassy in Cairo invited Mohammed Mursi, the Brotherhood representative in the Parliament, to participate in the meetings of the American Commission for International Religious Freedom. Mursi accepted the invitation, at first, and tried to persuade some of the Brotherhood leaders to...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2001
Alexandria’s Personal Status Court handed down a ruling returning Azza Omar Zaki, along with her three siblings to their school and canceling the decision resulting in their eviction. The court ordered compensation for the students of LE 600,000 for the physical and psychological harm they...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
The Southern Cairo Court found Professor Yehia Ismail Hablush, secretary general of the [Azhar] Scholars Front, not guilty in the case in which his opponent the Grand Sheikh of the Azhar accused him of defamation.
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2001
The General Administration of Cairo Investigation Office arrested a tailor who claimed to be the Mahdi [awaited-for prophet in Islam]. He claimed that he knew the time of Doomsday, and the secrets of the Holy Qur’an, and he said he was able to explain its verses. He was accused of exploiting...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The Vatican’s Pope intends to pray in the great Umayad mosque in Syria. Still, setting up this papal prayer in this great mosque is not likely to appeal to the Islamic world, it might as well be pictured as an intrusion and an indecent act.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001 to Friday, March 23, 2001
The author recounts the stories of some of the emigrant Copts, to reach the conclusion that their claims about Copts being persecuted in Egypt are nothing but lies. He believes that the problem is not simply with some of those living outside Egypt, but also with a small number of people helping...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
The US Committee for International Religious Freedom arrived in Egypt to investigate about Copts in Egypt, after the court announced its decision in Al-Kosheh case. The author is of the opinion that the United States is using the religious and ethnic minorities as one of the main mechanisms to...
Date of source: Thursday, March 15, 2001
The Cassation Court set May 21 as the day to hear the appeal being presented by the State Security Attorney against the verdict in the Al-Kosheh case.