Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood group decided to suspend Seif Al-Islam Hassan Al-Banna’s membership in the group. Ma’amoun Al-Hodeibi notified him that he had told all the Brotherhood leaders to ignore any personal decisions taken by him without consulting the group [Brotherhood]. Al-Hodeibi asked Al-Banna...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
In this article the author gives his own point of view about Christian fanaticism in Egypt. In the first half of the twentieth century, such fanaticism was reflected in two streams; a religious movement aiming to reform the church and another purely political one. In the second half of the...
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: Thursday, March 22, 2001
Report of a short meeting between the RNSAW and the USCIRF which had been arranged through H.G. Bishop Marcos on Wednesday March 21. We explained our work and gave some examples of our reports.
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
Raga’i Atiya said that he did not meet the General Guide of the Brotherhood and Mokhtar Nuh tried to agree with him on a public list. He refused the support of Fou’ad Serag Eddin Pasha because there were four Wafdists among the rivals for the Bar’s highest post. Pope Shenouda invited him for a day...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
The author points out the discrepancy between the principles, the Brotherhood claim to follow and their practices; the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood wrote in his autobiography that they received funds from the foreign manager of the Suez Canal Company. The author believes they would have...
Date of source: Monday, January 8, 2001
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas on January 7. The Saturday evening mass, which lasted 2.5 hours was broadcast live on Egyptian TV. Many prominent Egyptians were present. Channel 3, interviewed Pope Shenouda, the Grand Imam and others about national unity. Of course, both Muslims and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
Naguib Mahfouz was dispossessed of a scholarship to France after his graduation because the head of the scholarships department thought that Mahfouz was a Copt. The author believes that this incident is strong evidence of the importance of Copts and the role they played in the modern history of...
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: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The idea of establishing a party representing the Brotherhood has its supporters and opponents. Prof. Rifa’at El-Said, Dr. Abu El-Ela Madi and Dr. Hossam Badrawi totally reject the idea and believe this would be a threat to society. Prof. Milad Hanna is of opinion that this is not a challenge to...