Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2001
The Cathedral of St. Mark announced that 24 prominent persons were elected in the Maglis El-Milli [the Congregational Council] for the new session that will continue for five years. Most of the winners were members of the outgoing council.
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
President Mubarak ordered the rebuilding of the services building of the church of Shoubra Al-Kheima, which was destroyed by the local authority, who depended on the claim that no permission had been given to built it. Pope Shenouda sent the President a telegram in which he thanked him for his...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 1999
Last Tuesday, a delegation from the American Congress visited Assiut. The delegation was received by General Ahmed Hammam, the governor of Assiut, and a delegation of religious and political leaders in the Lillian Thrasher orphanage. The Egyptian delegation assured the visitors that "What is...
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 1999
[Note: The same news was published in all Egyptian newspapers of that day.]
On the morning of June 3, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak received the Grand Imam Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi the Sheikh Al-Azhar, and 19 prominent muslim clerics at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis yesterday morning...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 1999
The Coptic Orthodox Pope, meeting the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, stressed the "spirit of love, harmony and brotherhood that characterizes relationships between Egyptian people throughout history ... that succeeded in containing and overcoming attempts at creating divisions between Egyptians."
Date of source: Thursday, June 25, 1998
88 new members of the Shura (consultative) council were elected and 47 members appointed. Among the newly appointed members were three prominent Coptic businessmen. This raised to nine the number of Copts in the Council and to nearly 40 the number of businessmen.