Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2000
A lot of complaints have been reported recently, due to decisions forbidding travel. Many institutions have the right to impose a ban and the people affected do not get any prior notification. The EOHR interfered and they are exposing their opinion concerning this subject.
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2000
An Italian news paper revealed yesterday that Islamic extremists were planning to assassinate Pope John Paul II after he returned from his last visit to Middle East at the end of March.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2000
In spite of the objection of the Mufti and some sheikhs, the Minister of Al-Awqaf issued a decision agreeing to the appointment of women as assistants to the main preachers of the mosques. The Minister confirmed that women should pass through certain tests before they are appointed for these jobs.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
A security report stated that the number of the mass suicide victims in Uganda exceeds 500 persons. The medical examiners are now examining the bodies burnt due to the fire that was lit by the Ten Commandments Group in the church building while they were practicing their religious rituals.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
The government did not keep its promise of paying compensations to the people harmed in the incidents of Al-Kosheh. ... A large number of the merchants and shopkeepers whose shops were burned during the incidents complained that the officials at Sohag governorate were procrastinating over making...
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2000
... we asked the professors of the Azhar and Islamic scholars for their opinion on what Al-Banna says. Their rage and objections against what he said surprised us. They made it clear that the apostate’s punishment is death and that a Muslim has no freedom to leave his religion.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Response to Al-Mougi’s article. The author claims the method the Islamic extremist groups use in arguing is wrong. The author deliberately lied - I apologize for saying this - when he said that Farag Foda wrote bad articles about God, Islam, and His prophet...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
When the extremist secular Farag Foda killed himself [this is the formulation of the author. Foda was murdered. See the comments of the RNSAW in the text], Sheikh Al-Sharawi - may God rest his soul - shouted: "Allahu Akbar! If I was to kill anybody, I would have killed this man..."
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Sub-title: The Prophet did not kill any Muslim who renounced his religion The book of the Islamic intellectual Gamal Al-Banna "Islam and the freedom of thought" which was issued lately, raised many questions concerning the issue of apostasy. This is an interview with Gamal Al-Banna who says: "My...
Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2000
Although 22 days have passed since the Al-Kosheh incidents, the efforts that have been exerted to return peace and security to the village have failed. Everybody is sad because of the death of a large number of Al-Kosheh villagers whether Muslim or Christian. Most of the shops are still closed,...