Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
The incident began on November 17, 1998. G.K.B. filed a warning request against M.L.G. of applying to his rented Beit El-Ta’a [literally means, house of obedience. It is the husband’s house to which a woman, in a case of unlawful desertion, must return]. Based on that request, the defendant filed...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2000
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? Does God accept repentance through the mobile phone?
? Emigrant Copts confess their sins to Pope Shenouda over international telephone lines.
? There are fears that the Coptic telephone line will be exploited for the benefit of the excommunicated.
After putting into action the idea of...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2000
The events the church witnessed in the last days were many and successive. This article is a comment on the deposition of Bishop Ammoinus and the disappearance of Father Matta Al-Maskeen.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2000
In Al-Midan of May 9, 2000, accountant Pulais Basili wrote an article, entitled "The Statement of the Minister of Justice and Al-Khula for Christians". In this article, he accused the church of controlling the lives of its sons and daughters and of bearing the responsibility of their fallen...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Seven years ago, Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin attacked Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid and now he finds himself accused because of his book "My Father Adam". Al-Midan asked him about the reality of his criticism of the Ministry of Endowments, the criticism of Dr. Beltagi about his book "My Father Adam", and...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Today, Monday, continues the trial of writer Salah El-Din Mohsen, who is accused of denouncing religions. The defense asked Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Endowments], Dr. Samir Sarhan [head of The Egyptian Book Authority], Dr. Gaber Asfour, poet Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi, writer Salah Eisa,...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
The Grand Imam of the Azhar has filed a complaint to the Minister of Information because the main channels of television ignored the commemoration of sheikh Metwalli Al-Sha’arawy. In addition, the Mufti of Egypt expressed his opinion that Miss Egypt and similar [beauty] competitions, and also...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Who is behind ignoring the opinion of the Mufti of Egypt [an official who gives his religious opinions based on Islamic law and logical measurement] in the matter of the novel "A Banquet for the Seaweed"? Why was he silent? Why did the government not ask his opinion, although it has asked the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
The last message of sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, Mufti of the Gama’at Al-Islamya, can only be named a failed attempt to threaten the authorities which still refuse to debate with the groups of violence and terrorism. Al-Midan interviewed Montasser al-Zayyat, the attorney of the Gama’at Al-Islamya to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2000
After recounting the consequences of publishing the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed", the writers expose their conversation with Sheikh Abu Al-Wafa Agor, the General Secretary of the Islamic Researches complex, in which he give his opinion concerning the events of the "Banquet".