Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Catholicism is more aware of the Palestinian case than the Protestants and European Christianity, Catholic or Protestant, understands the Arab situation better than Christianity in America. This may be because of the long relations between the European Church, and Arab Christians in Egypt and...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor General against Egyptian TV because it defamed him by charging him with espionage-an accusation that was not directed at him officially.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2001
The head of the Central Council of the Orthodox Denomination in Jordan and Palestine criticized Pope John Paul II for not apologizing to the Arab Orthodox Christians and Muslims for the crimes committed against them at the hands of the Catholics, at the time of the Crusades. The official spokesman...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh offered to the British Ambassador to Sana to give Abu Hamza to Britain. He also offered to give all evidence to prove that Abu Hamza is guilty of assassinating and kidnapping a number of tourists through Aden’s Islamic Army and also to pay for the lawyers who...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
The Egyptian Administrative Judgment Court will look into a lawsuit raised against the Minister of Interior and the Coptic Council of Churches accusing them of dishonesty in the last Maglis El-Milli elections.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
At the invitation of the Iranian government, the head of the Evangelical denomination in Egypt flew to Iran to participate in the meetings of the Central Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
The author replies to Soheir Labib A’azer’s comment on his article "The Pope and the apology." A’azer believed that most of what the author wrote was incorrect and was prejudiced against the Pope. However, the author stressed that he did not lower the importance of what the Pope did.
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2001
Islamist MPs ask for reforming some articles in the Emergency Law, with the aim of making the punishment those who defame religions and holy books receive more severe. They introduced an information request to the Prime Minister and the Grand Imam concerning disdaining religious sacredness.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood group was able to defeat its Islamic political rivals, the Jihad and the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, in the Bar Association. This was after a crisis started raising questions about the possibility of radical groups carrying out political work in an inappropriate way after their...
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2001
The Egyptian security forces arrested 11 Muslim Brotherhood members in Alexandria. The group claimed that the measure had been taken in order to prevent them from running in the upcoming election of the Shura Council.