Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2001
Egyptian security bodies announced the death of the expelled monk Boulis Al-Baramousi. The monk was found dead as a result of eating poisoned food. The prosecution decided there should be an autopsy and ordered investigations to prove that there were no criminal suspicions about his death,...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001
The head of the solicitors committee defending Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that he did not accept any attempts to interfere in his case, whether local or international, and also that he trusted the honesty of the Egyptian court. He confirmed that the Israeli Prime Minister had not interfered in the...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
Nabih Al-Wahesh, attorney for Al-Nabaa paper, said that Al-Nabaa will be back as of Sunday. He added that the weekly issue is being prepared and that the military ruler did not shut down the press house, but ordered confiscation of Al-Nabaa’s June 17 issue, and Akher Khabar’s June 18 issue.
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
The head of Al-Muharraq monastery said that the expelled monk accused him of getting part of the gold which he stole from a woman and of moral matters because he expelled him and refused his return to the monastery. He recounted how the relation of the expelled monk started with the monastery and...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
Egyptian Administrative Court ruled that archpriest Salib Matta Sawerus, member of the Milli Council, has the right to enter elections in the fourth district in Shoubra El-Kheima. He feels that Pope Shenouda giving him permission to enter the elections expresses his conviction that Copts should be...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Cairo Personal Status Court deferred looking at the lawsuit started by Nabih Al-Wahsh, against Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi and her husband Dr. Sherif Hatata. The courtroom was filled with Egyptian intellectuals and foreigners who came to support Sa’adawi. The court listened to arguments from both sides....
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2001
The Syrian president welcomed Pope Shenouda, the Patriarch of Antioch, the president of the Evangelical Council, the Archbishop of Baalbak and the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches. He praised the patriotic stance of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2001
The president of the "Islamic Legal Court" and the spokesman of the Shari’a [Islamic law] Supporters Group urged Muslims not to vote in the coming British elections. They argued that a person who voted for a man to make laws was an unbeliever [Kafir]. The author believes that their opinions mean...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Montasser Al-Zayyat admitted that the amount of understanding in the relation between the late President Sadat and the Islamist groups was in the interests of both sides. Sadat’s interest was disfiguring President Nasser by bringing court martials, violations of human rights, and torture in prisons...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2001
The book of "His holiness John Paul II, and the secret history of our time" mentions that there are relations between the pope and the CIA. Communist intelligence needed the book to realize the connection between the pope and the CIA, as they know that participating in demolishing communist systems...