Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 1997
Egypt is often criticized abroad for its treatment of its Christian citizens. Prominent Coptic thinker Dr. Milad Hanna, confirmed that equality between Muslims and Christians is not there. Lu’iy Mahmoud Sa’id, himself a Muslim, describes how Muslim authors attacked Milad Hanna for stating his view...
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
Rose al-
Yūsuf continues its series of stories about distinguished clerical figures who were
imprisoned by former
president Anwār al-Sadāt’s famous September 1981 decision.
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2006
‘Abd
al-Jawwād Harbī interviews Jamāl As‘ad, an eminent Christian figure
who is known
for his opposing stands against church involvement in politics.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Al-Qāhirah publishes the
interrogation report of Ayman al-Zawāhrī, Usāmah Bin Lādin’s right-hand man, and
suspect no. 113 in the jihād organization case, who planned and carried out the assassination of
al-
Sādāt in October 1981.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
The article focuses on the role played by Copts in Egyptian politics and asserts that their role must be increased.
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2006
On Thursday, 12 editors-in-chief from
Egypt’s most
influential national newspapers issued a statement in which they condemned attempts by ‘yellow’
journalism to
insult Egyptian symbols, including President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak. Outlining the
current status of
the Egyptian press, the editors...
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Eight bishops and twenty-four
priests were arrested and imprisoned in 1981, an act which had no
precedent in Egyptian modern history.
After twenty five years Rūbīr al-Fāris interviews one of
these priests, Athanasius Butrus,
pastor of the Church of Mār Girgis in Manshiyt al- Sadr, to talk...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The author publishes a series of articles containing the
original
texts from the 1981 investigations with Ayman al-Zawāhrī, al-Qā‘idah’s
second
-in-command, on charges of involvement in the assassination of President Anwar al-Sadāt.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In a
recent statement, Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah regretted that it
planed and carried out the
assassination of late president al-Sādāt.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
‘Ādil Hammūda warns against trusting repentant Islamic terrorist
groups. These groups
are a “danger lurking in the dark,” awaiting the opportunity to attack Egypt’s security and
stability, he
says.