Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
The human rights committees in the American State Department issued this week a report that criticized the Egyptian authorities for prosecuting those who claim to be prophets, some alleged Egyptian policies towards women, and some practices deemed to be prejudiced against Christians.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2000
... we asked the professors of the Azhar and Islamic scholars for their opinion on what Al-Banna says. Their rage and objections against what he said surprised us. They made it clear that the apostate’s punishment is death and that a Muslim has no freedom to leave his religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Yesterday, The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] expressed its disappointment at the decision issued by the State Security Prosecutor to refer Hafez Abu-Saeda, Secretary General of the organization, to the Supreme State Security Court (emergency) to be tried for breaching article No. 1...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
When the extremist secular Farag Foda killed himself [this is the formulation of the author. Foda was murdered. See the comments of the RNSAW in the text], Sheikh Al-Sharawi - may God rest his soul - shouted: "Allahu Akbar! If I was to kill anybody, I would have killed this man..."
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Sub-title: The Prophet did not kill any Muslim who renounced his religion The book of the Islamic intellectual Gamal Al-Banna "Islam and the freedom of thought" which was issued lately, raised many questions concerning the issue of apostasy. This is an interview with Gamal Al-Banna who says: "My...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
The national democratic trend faced the first wave of religious bigotry with its Islamist slogans... We boldly face the second wave of religious bigotry that is falsely relating itself to Christianity... We are astonished by the birth of a religiously bigoted stance called "The Emigrant Christian...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
Those who decided to attack culture issued a report for security bodies against a group of books published by the Supreme Council for Culture under the title ’The National Project for Translation’. The books that angered the issuer of the report are an integral group about women. They are...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
We discussed with Bishop Bissenti the possibility of the presence of foreign fingers in the matter, about the American law of religious persecution - whether it had tempted the Copts to start problems from inside Egypt, and about the suggestion of a delegation from [the US] Congress visiting Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
A seven point statement issued in the wake in the wake of the incidents at Al-Kosheh.