Date of source: Monday, September 7, 1998
Many Copts divorced in a civil court which is not accepted by the Coptic Orthodox Church who in turn refused to give people a remarriage permit which is needed to marry again. Because these permits are rarely given many people try to escape this Orthodox regulation and become members of other...
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 1998
If Copts do not agree on using the Canon Law of the Coptic Orthodox Church for inheritance issues, they can resort to the Sharia, Islamic law. Many, writes Rose el-Yousef, do.
Date of source: Monday, August 31, 1998
The French Channel 7 decided to shoot a film about religious tolerance in Egypt. This film will be broadcast at the beginning of 1999 on all the European television channels.
Date of source: Monday, August 31, 1998
Most requests for refugee status are based on false claims, says the author who gives examples of terrorists who were granted asylum in Europe.
Date of source: Monday, August 31, 1998
The article describes how Muslim fundamentalism changed from the penniless Muslim Brotherhood of the 1940s through the 1970s to the big business of huge terrorist infrastructures supported by huge financial resources in the 1980s and 1990s.
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 1998
Senator Frank Wolf tried to trap the Coptic Evangelical Church by suggesting to exchange students between Evangelical schools in Egypt and similar schools in Virginia. The surprise was that "The delegation of students will include Muslims and Copts."
Date of source: Monday, August 17, 1998
The 50th anniversary of Father Matta Al-Maskin becoming a monk passed quietly.
Date of source: Monday, August 17, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar Mosque, denounced the explosions that took place lately in the American Embassies and said that this is a result of America giving refuge to terrorists.
Date of source: Monday, August 10, 1998
A number of Orthodox Copts have stopped praying in the churches belonging to their church. They are now praying in Catholic churches in protest over the division of a bishopric.
Date of source: Monday, August 10, 1998
Are the explosions which took place at the American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam a message from Ayman Al-Zuahri to Clinton?