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Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2001
Nairouz
[Coptic new years’ day]
is originally a Persian word that means the new day. The Pharaohs were the first
ones to celebrate the Nayrūz. As
a Christian feast, it continued to be celebrated during the Islamic rule
of Egypt and Muslim rulers gave it special
attention.
Date of source:
The Appeal Court rejected an
appeal presented by
Mamdouh Mahran’s defense to change the members of the jury. It was proved to the appeal court
that there
was no animosity between the judge and the defendant, and therefore the appeal did not rely on real
reasons.
Date of source:
The president of the Labor Party dismissed Magdi Hussein, the editor-in-chief of
the now
closed al-Sha‘b paper, and other 10 members from the Party. The dismissed members represent the
Islamic trend in
the Party. The Muslim Brotherhood refused describing Shukri’s decision as a change in the...
Date of source:
Pope Shenouda
canceled the celebration for the 46th anniversary of his
becoming a monk due to the problem caused by al-
Nabaa. He promised that the celebration would be compensated for by
another one on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of his becoming the head of the [Orthodox] church.
Date of source:
The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court decided to suspend the examination of
the cases against Al
-Nabaa and Akher Khabar newspapers until it has made a decision concerning the request from the
defense to
change the members of the jury. The head of the court said that the reasons the...
Date of source:
President Mubarak
received
Pope Shenouda in Ras al-Tin palace. In a two hour meeting the president and the pope discussed issues
concerning Copts and how to maintain national unity. Neither party made a statement after the meeting.
Date of source:
The Supreme State Security
Misdemeanors Court held its second session to examine the case of Mamdouh Mahran, the
owner and the Editor
-in-Chief of al-Nabaa newspaper. The session witnessed many quarrels between Mahran’s lawyers
and the
lawyers representing the church and Pope Shenouda. Mahran’s...
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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...
Date of source:
Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2001
The USA criticized the way the Egyptian authorities dealt with the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center and the sentence the Supreme Court of State Security pronounced upon its head, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Egyptian official sources denied that such an American criticism might lead to Ibrahim’s...
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