Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A new article about the Koshh issue. The article places the Koshh incident in the context of discrimination or even persecution of Christians in Egypt and quotes for this Hafez Abu Seada, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Bishop Qolta expresses his thoughts on the Muslim month of Ramadan, and says there is a need for a new Islamic jurisprudence as well as a pressing need for a new Christian theology. "... Religious men all over the world have to work hard in searching for a new form for the relations between their...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 1999
A disciplinary council in the Azhar University headed by Dr. Taha Abu Krasha, the Vice-President of the Azhar University decided to dismiss Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khouli, a professor of rhetoric and [literary] criticism at the Faculty of Arabic Language in the Azhar University, for his objection of the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 1999
An article on the Egyptian town of Tel Basta which is considered the second stopping place of the Holy Family in Egypt after Farma, covering some of its architectural importance, history and some of the incidents that happened when the Holy Family visited it.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 1999
The International Coptic Federation blames the Archbishop of Canterbury and his press office for being vague on whether or not Copts in Egypt are persecuted.
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 1999
The Coptic church assigned Bishop Benjamin of Minufia to receive the medallion of honor for Pope Kyrollos the Sixth [posthumously, the pope past away in 1971]. The bishop says that the relations between Christians and Moslems in Minufia are very special, to such an extent that some Copts build...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
The surprise was very cruel and bitter when people were struck by a 22 year old girl throwing a Molotov bottle in the library of the church of Ain Shams. The bitterness grew more and more when the confession of this girl resounded. She stated she did not intend to kill innocents, thank God no one...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 1999
Disagreements over the leadership in the Gama’at Al Islamiyya came yesterday to the open. Mohammed Shawki Al Islambuli, one of the leaders, assured from his exile in a declaration sent to Reuters that the leadership council of the Jihad group had submitted its resignation last year. He said that...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 1999
In a new and exciting development, disagreements have exploded between the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiyya abroad A war of words started between what is called the European Group and the Afghanistan Group similar to the war of words that started after the Luxor massacre between the two sides.
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
An article about a corruption case of a police colonel who was ready to free prisoners for the exchange of money.