Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2000
In this article, the author explains the reasons behind the decision of the court in the case of the writer, Salah Eddin Mohsen, whose articles are provocative to Islam. He is of the opinion that the sentence was based on general principles and Shari’a [Islamic law].
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2000
When Hulsman saw his interview published in Akher Sa’a in its issue of July 26 he found that Akher Sa’a had not mentioned that Hulsman opposed the arrest of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim and found it harmful for Egypt’s image abroad. He also stated that much of the Egyptian press had been engaged in...
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2000
The governor of Cairo, Dr. Abdel-Rahim Shehata, succeeded in ending the disagreement between His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta Al-Meskien about a farm on the north coast.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
On the 25th of last June, I wrote an article entitled "A Shout to the Governor of Cairo". In this article, I exposed the complaint of the Christian employees in Munsha’t Nasar district. They were warned and punished by cutting a days pay from their salaries, as a result of being absent on the 23rd...
Date of source: Sunday, August 6, 2000
In this article, the author exposes writings of Gamal Hamdan who wrote his point of view about the extremist Gama’at Al-Islamya, the religious parties, the state and secularism. The author ends his article by pointing out the solution Hamdan suggested to face the strategy of the enemies of Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Aqidaty had an interview with Dr. Gaber Asfour, the General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Culture. In this interview, he was asked about the criticized conference about women. In addition to this he received questions about creativity, Islamic literature and about the Qur`an being a...
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2000
This article summarizes what has been published about Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim in the Egyptian press with a comment from his family.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2000
In their letter to Prim Minister, Dr. Atef Ebeid, the Academic Freedom Committee of Human Rights Watch protest against the on going detention of Prof. Saad El-Din Ibrahim and other staff members and researchers of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies and urge their immediate release and...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2000
The family visited Dr. Ibrahim in prison and wrote that he appears to be doing very well both health wise and mentally.
In a second letter the family wrote that the Egyptian State Security Police Prosecutor (ESSPP) extended Dr. Saadeddin Ibrahim’s detention for another 15 days without bringing...
Date of source: Thursday, July 13, 2000
An atmosphere of calmness started to prevail in the Bishopric of Luxor, after three weeks of disputes over the decision of deposing Bishop Ammonius. Akhbar Al-Hawadeth met the poles of the dispute and asked them about what happened and what is going to happen.