Date of source: Friday, April 23, 1999
[Bishop Takla is the bishop of the Diocese of Deshna and affiliated areas.]
The Bishop presents a short study on the importance of individuals to Christ and importance of faith.
Date of source: Friday, April 16, 1999
[Bishop Takla is the bishop of Deshna and its dependent territories.]
An Easter sermon published in an ordinary Egyptian daily newspaper.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
[and all other papers]
The military court yesterday handed down sentences in the Jihad revival case, which includes 107 suspects 60 of which are fugitives. The court ruled the execution of nine of the suspects among whom is Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahri, head of the military wing of the Jihad group who has...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999
Three weeks ago, the Egyptian government was surprised by a request from the Israeli government to build a new Jewish synagogue in Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, April 9, 1999
Dr. Nasr Farid Wassel, the mufti of Egypt, confirmed that the marriage of the rapist with his victim should not prevent him from being punished.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999
Mustafa Kamal Pasha, the head of the Nationalist Party and the editor of the Liwa’ newspaper around 1900, was accused of being an extremist and persecuting the Copts in Egypt. But his Christian friends like Sinut Hanna, Kalini Fahmi, Wisa Wasef and Murqus Hanna defended him against the British...
Date of source: Friday, April 9, 1999
Facing pain, you will find that people are divided into two; betraying and faithful ones. What is amazing is that betrayal may take the shape or the cover of fidelity like the scribes and the Pharisees. Jesus Christ said about them, "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour...
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A list of various articles published in Egyptian newspapers on the occasion of the Easter celebrations.
Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 1999
No one can accuse another of apostasy or treason since such a deed was only known during the Middle Ages, and cannot be accepted in our era of human rights. Apostasy, in its profound meaning, is denying the existence of God or worshipping idols or similar things
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 1999
On April 3, 1999, the security authorities of Cairo Airport prevented the Lebanese singer Najwa Karam from entering Egypt. [It is alleged that the] Lebanese singer [had] insulted Islam by giving her dog a name of one of the prophets. [It is further alleged] that she also insulted Egypt in a TV...