Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Saad Eddin Ibrahim does not believe that there is political intervention behind the verdict of the Court of Cassation because the Egyptian regime does not submit to pressures and President Mubarak rejects foreign intervention. He says the American President George Bush intervened in his case due to...
Date of source: Friday, December 6, 2002
The leader of the Dutch People´s Party for Freedom and Democracy said the party is studying the possibility of attacking Islamic schools through legal means. He urged Muslim parents to send their children to Dutch schools. He believes that Islamic schools prevent children from integrating...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2002
The central Dutch office of statistics declared that the number of Muslims in The Netherlands is increasing. A famous Dutchman who converted to Islam stated that the number of Dutch youth converting to Islam increased due to the increase of opportunities of communication and acquaintances among the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2002
A Dutch news agency said that the Dutch Administration of Immigration and Foreigners´ Affairs takes the necessary procedures to officially announce that Usama Roshdy is considered persona non grata in The Netherlands.
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
Usama Roshdy, former spokesman of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya, says that he is facing fierce campaign by Dutch media aiming at muzzling and expelling him from The Netherlands. He believes the campaign is the result of reports by the Egyptian Embassy in The Netherlands.
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2002
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights issued a report criticizing the new law for civil organizations. It believes that the law puts hard restrictions on the establishment and activities of civil organizations
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
The decision of the Court of Cassation on the appeal lodged against the prison sentence handed down to Saad Eddin Ibrahim will be final as it is the highest Egyptian judicial authority. Ibrahim´s lawyer says that the acceptance of the appeal became certain. He denies any political intervention...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Unknown persons threw a bomb at a mosque in Venlo in the Netherlands. A synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium was attacked with molotov cocktails. The Belgian police detained the president of the Arab-European Association. The police suspected him as one of the leaders causing riots in Belgium.
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2002
The Criminal Cassation Prosecution in Egypt accepted an appeal lodged against the sentence handed down to Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s lawyer said that if the court of cassation accepts the appeal, Ibrahim should be released immediately.
Date of source: Sunday, November 17, 2002
Pope Shenouda travels to Australia on November 18 in a three-week papal visit. The visit includes meetings with children of the Egyptian community in Australia and members of the diplomatic corps