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The Egyptian Court of Cassation accepted the second appeal Saad Eddin Ibrahim lodged against the seven-year imprisonment sentence handed down to him. The Cassation Court cancelled the ruling and set January 7 for a third and final trial of Ibrahim. Ibrahim was released after the court?s session.
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Some members of the Egyptian parliament launched a campaign against ?Knight without a horse? because it distorts the Egyptian national history. Moreover, Israel asked the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights to blame Egypt for its alleged anti-Semitism reflected in airing the series
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The truth of the ?Protocols of the Elders of Zion? and the dramatic treatment of history are the focus of the articles commenting on ?Knight without a horse.? President Mubarak has sent a message to the Israeli president stressing that the series is not based on the ?Protocols.? The American...
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Pope Shenouda III, Bishop Bissenti of Ma?asara and Helwan and the Christian Youths Association give Iftar parties in Ramadan. All participants believe that such parties reflect national unity between Muslims and Christians.
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Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt stress that the future general guide will be chosen from among the members of the
?Guidance Committee,? who are all Egyptians. Leaders of the international Brotherhood group object to confining the
position of the general guide to Egyptian leaders.
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Judiciary independence and national pride are dominating the Egyptian reactions to the US threat
to cut aid to Egypt on protest to the seven-year imprisonment sentence given to Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s American
wife says that the crisis will be solved in Egypt without American pressure.
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Christian clergymen used the occasion of the celebrations for the Holy Virgin to reiterate their support for
President Hosni Mubarak’s policy and efforts to realize stability and peace in Egypt and the entire region.
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National pride has led Egypt to
strongly criticize the American decision to freeze additional foreign aid to Egypt in protest of the prosecution of
human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Observers believe the decision is an effort to influence Egyptian
policies.
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The Supreme State Security Court sentenced
Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years in jail on the charge of receiving donations from the European Union without having
a legal permission. Ibrahim expressed his surprise at the fact that the court gave its ruling in a very short time and
said the...
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Prime Minister Atef Ebeid
inaugurated the 14th General Islamic Conference. It was organized by the Ministry of Waqf in coordination with the
Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. It was titled ?The Reality of Islām in a Changeable World.?