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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
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The Supreme State Security Court sentenced Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years
imprisonment with hard labor.
Nadia Abdel Nour, the financial director of the Center, Khalid Fayad, Salwa
Hamid and Marwa Zaki were sentenced to
two years with hard labor. Another three defendants were sentenced
to...
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The court of Cassation postponed
giving its opinion concerning the appeals filed against al-Kosheh rulings
by the Prosecutor General and the
four convicted defendants until the session of July 30. The upshot of the report,
the Cassation prosecution
introduced to the court was appealing against...
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The first hearing of Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s
trial was postponed to January. In a statement to al-Hayat, he said that he was not summoned to
be investigated for any new
accusations. al-Arabi published the text of the State Security Prosecutor about
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s communication with...
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The general counselor of
the Brotherhood does not believe the
government responded to their success in the recent parliamentary elections through the
severe and
unjustified verdict of the Military Court in the case of professional syndicates. Two Egyptian human rights
organizations requested...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
The Misdemeanors Court of Sayeda Zeinab brought down the
curtains on the case of Shaykh Manal, who
claims to be a prophetess, and her 15 followers. The court
sentenced Manal to five years imprisonment with hard labor, which
is considered to be an extreme penalty
for cases of scorning religions...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2000
Al-Akhbār mentioned that the search of the Ibn Khaldūn Center, lead to the discovery of evidence to show that Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm has had correspondence with foreign organisations and had received quantities of money in a variety of currencies. According to al- Wafd, the prosecution heard...
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Investigations
into the
activities of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Social Research, revealed new
developments in the case. What the investigations and inquiries revealed is recounted in this article.
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State Security Prosecution searched the offices of the so-
called Organization
for Support of Egyptian Women Voters, a project affiliated to the Ibn Khaldoun Center.
Thousands of forged voting cards were
found. Ibrahim accepted funds of $200,00 from the EU in support of
the project, where the...